A61B 1/00147
Holding or positioning arrangements
Official title: {Holding or positioning arrangements}
A61B1/00147 (Holding or positioning arrangements) appears on 3,611 US grants and 5,484 published applications in this corpus.
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2002 | 22 | 48 |
| 2003 | 31 | 79 |
| 2004 | 42 | 76 |
| 2005 | 38 | 126 |
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| 2007 | 28 | 166 |
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| 2021 | 232 | 365 |
| 2022 | 235 | 304 |
| 2023 | 283 | 382 |
| 2024 | 304 | 297 |
| 2025 | 254 | 309 |
| 2026 | 168 | 150 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Catheter placement device for urethral applications29 Sep 2026US 12,746,371 B2
- Wireless endoscope22 Sep 2026US 12,740,689 B2Treble Innovations, LLC
- Device for automatically inserting and manipulating a medical tool into and within a bodily lumen8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305918 A1Microbot Medical Ltd.
- Robotic manipulation of a surgical tool handle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305919 A1Microbot Medical Ltd.
- Medical devices and related systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305920 A1Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Large bore suction overtube8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305924 A1
- Retrograde tethered capsule endomicroscopy systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305925 A1The General Hospital Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive surgical procedures2,609US 6,436,107 B1Computer Motion, Inc. · 2002
- Alignment of master and slave in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus2,565US 6,364,888 B1Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2002
- Endoscopic surgery apparatus2,420US 6,352,503 B1Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 2002
- Shape lockable apparatus and method for advancing an instrument through unsupported anatomy2,067US 6,790,173 B2USGI Medical, Inc. · 2004
- Sterilizable endoscope with separable disposable tube assembly2,036US 5,489,256 A1996