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US 1,124,361 · App. 29/956,906 · Granted Apr 28, 2026

Tourniquet for magnetic resonance angiography

Inventor: Martin R. Prince (New York, NY)
A61B17/135A61B5/055A61B5/702A61B17/1322A61B17/1355A61B2090/374
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Patent No.
US 1,124,361
App. No.
29/956,906
Granted
Apr 28, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a tourniquet for magnetic resonance angiography as shown and described.

Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 18394625 · Dec 22, 2023
Continuation 18311534 · May 3, 2023
Continuation 13482348 · May 29, 2012
Continuation 11331519 · Jan 13, 2006
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