A61B 1/0055
Constructional details of insertion parts
Official title: {Constructional details of insertion parts, e.g. vertebral elements}
A61B1/0055 (Constructional details of insertion parts) appears on 1,157 US grants and 1,707 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,157
- Published applications
- 1,707
- Assignees
- 394
- Inventors
- 2,311
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 77 | 114 |
| 2024 | 68 | 103 |
| 2025 | 87 | 103 |
| 2026 | 54 | 55 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Deflectable medical probe8 Sep 2026US 12,728,232 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Endoscope with a bending section having a cut-out for a working channel1 Sep 2026US 12,721,504 B2Ambu A/S
- Bendable part of endoscope, endoscope, and movable member1 Sep 2026US 12,721,505 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Endoscope1 Sep 2026US 12,721,507 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Articulating medical devices and associated components, assemblies, and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272273 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Bending tube, insertion appliance, and manufacturing method of bending tube3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256343 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Deflectable medical devices27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248372 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Ureteroscope configured to change a rigidity of a distal end region of a catheter and methods of using the same20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240421 A1C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Medical devices with sensing capabilites20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240422 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
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