A61B 10/02
Instruments for taking cell samples or for biopsy
Official title: Instruments for taking cell samples or for biopsy {(A61B10/0038 and A61B10/0045 take precedence; needle locating or guiding means A61B17/3403; samplers for enzymology or microbiology C12M1/26; sampling or preparing biological specimens G01N33/48)}
A61B10/02 (Instruments for taking cell samples or for biopsy) appears on 5,990 US grants and 7,264 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 5,990
- Published applications
- 7,264
- Assignees
- 2,231
- Inventors
- 10,217
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 15 | 0 |
| 1981 | 17 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 143 | 0 |
| 2001 | 125 | 60 |
| 2002 | 114 | 148 |
| 2003 | 107 | 184 |
| 2004 | 90 | 195 |
| 2005 | 66 | 194 |
| 2006 | 87 | 180 |
| 2007 | 74 | 229 |
| 2008 | 65 | 260 |
| 2009 | 71 | 227 |
| 2010 | 137 | 258 |
| 2011 | 145 | 268 |
| 2012 | 198 | 287 |
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| 2018 | 256 | 393 |
| 2019 | 269 | 388 |
| 2020 | 260 | 378 |
| 2021 | 285 | 371 |
| 2022 | 247 | 387 |
| 2023 | 246 | 314 |
| 2024 | 276 | 333 |
| 2025 | 251 | 263 |
| 2026 | 186 | 163 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 10/0233Pointed or sharp biopsy instruments3,760
- A61B 10/04Endoscopic instruments1,252
- A61B 2010/0208Biopsy devices with actuatorsIndexing code1,068
- A61B 10/06Biopsy forceps826
- A61B 2010/0225For taking multiple samplesIndexing code541
- A61B 2010/0216Sampling brushesIndexing code352
- A61B 10/0291For uterus340
Recent patents
- Sampling swabs and methods of making the same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,699 B2Carnegie Mellon University
- Mammography apparatus, control device, and program6 Oct 2026US 12,751,700 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Apparati, instruments, systems and methods of use and assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,751,701 B2Stryker Corporation
- Biopsy device and specimen collection method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,702 B2Olympus Corporation
- Surgical suction device that uses positive pressure gas29 Sep 2026US 12,745,935 B2Conmed Corporation
- Systems and methods for medical procedures using optical coherence tomography sensing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305944 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Self-contained shave biopsy collection and storage device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306079 A1ClickPath Biopsy Solutions, Inc.
- Sample collection device and associated methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306080 A1Copan Italia S.p.A.
- A device for extracting a material8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306081 A1Stichting Radboud universitair medisch centrum
- Sheaths for needle delivery8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306752 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic arm DLUs for performing surgical tasks2,751US 6,231,565 B1United States Surgical Corporation · 2001
- Electro-mechanical surgical device2,708US 7,032,798 B2Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2006
- Electro-mechanical surgical device2,468US 6,846,308 B2Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2005
- Endoscopic electrosurgical apparatus2,415US 5,334,183 AValleylab, Inc. · 1994
- Electro-mechanical surgical device2,366US 6,793,652 B1Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2004