B29C 53/083
Bending longitudinally, i.e. modifying the curvature of the tube axis
Official title: {bending longitudinally, i.e. modifying the curvature of the tube axis}
B29C53/083 (Bending longitudinally, i.e. modifying the curvature of the tube axis) appears on 247 US grants and 169 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated system for adding multiple fluids to a single container133US 4,789,014 ABaxter International Inc. · 1988
- Bending device102US 5,271,382 AKabushiki Kaisha Machida Seisakusho · 1993
- Catheter with optimum resistance to bending and method of manufacture73US 4,576,772 AWarner Lambert Technologies, Inc. · 1986
- Automated system for adding multiple fluids to a single container64US 5,056,568 AClintec Nutrition Co. · 1991
- Curved catheter with eccentric lumen56US 5,209,742 ACordis Corporation · 1993