A61B 1/00149
Using articulated arms
Official title: {using articulated arms}
A61B1/00149 (Using articulated arms) appears on 907 US grants and 1,309 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 907
- Published applications
- 1,309
- Assignees
- 271
- Inventors
- 1,737
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 6 |
| 2003 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 10 |
| 2005 | 4 | 17 |
| 2006 | 5 | 8 |
| 2007 | 6 | 17 |
| 2008 | 3 | 36 |
| 2009 | 2 | 26 |
| 2010 | 6 | 19 |
| 2011 | 12 | 24 |
| 2012 | 18 | 33 |
| 2013 | 24 | 28 |
| 2014 | 25 | 41 |
| 2015 | 25 | 41 |
| 2016 | 30 | 51 |
| 2017 | 38 | 50 |
| 2018 | 39 | 73 |
| 2019 | 49 | 103 |
| 2020 | 72 | 138 |
| 2021 | 63 | 127 |
| 2022 | 79 | 86 |
| 2023 | 104 | 133 |
| 2024 | 116 | 89 |
| 2025 | 90 | 99 |
| 2026 | 53 | 46 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Gross positioning device and related systems and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,746,096 B2Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
- Determing an ergonomic center for an input control22 Sep 2026US 12,741,378 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Attachment mechanism for using an endoscope with a surgical robot8 Sep 2026US 12,727,742 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Robotic bronchoscopy navigation method and system8 Sep 2026US 12,727,951 B2Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Medical observation system, method, and medical observation device25 Aug 2026US 12,714,293 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Efficient and interactive bleeding detection in a surgical system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294208 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Anti-buckling devices and methods for surgical system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283451 A1Noah Medical Corporation
- Systems and methods for determining instrument position in the presence of backlash17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273740 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Managing and manipulating a long length robotic endoscope10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262922 A1Neptune Medical Inc.
- Attachment mechanism for using an endoscope with a surgical robot3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256341 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
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
- Insertable device and system for minimal access procedure1,731US 7,066,879 B2The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · 2006
- Autofocus and/or autoscaling in telesurgery1,660US 8,079,950 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2011
- Wireless communication in a robotic surgical system1,565US 7,955,322 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2011