A61M 3/0204
Physical characteristics of the irrigation fluid
Official title: {Physical characteristics of the irrigation fluid, e.g. conductivity or turbidity}
A61M3/0204 (Physical characteristics of the irrigation fluid) appears on 832 US grants and 922 published applications in this corpus.
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- System and method for controlled infusion and pressure monitoring658US 6,159,160 AEthicon, Inc. · 2000
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