A61H 23/008
Percussion or vibration massage: using shock waves
Official title: {using shock waves}
A61H23/008 (Percussion or vibration massage: using shock waves) appears on 149 US grants and 257 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61H- Granted patents
- 149
- Published applications
- 257
- Assignees
- 79
- Inventors
- 298
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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