A61M 25/0141
Having flexible regions as a result of using materials with different mechanical
Official title: {having flexible regions as a result of using materials with different mechanical properties}
A61M25/0141 (Having flexible regions as a result of using materials with different mechanical) appears on 272 US grants and 321 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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