A61B 17/00008
Vein tendon strippers
Official title: {Vein tendon strippers (tube strippers A61M1/83)}
A61B17/00008 (Vein tendon strippers) appears on 510 US grants and 499 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 510
- Published applications
- 499
- Assignees
- 171
- Inventors
- 640
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 26 | 0 |
| 1999 | 39 | 0 |
| 2000 | 32 | 0 |
| 2001 | 23 | 4 |
| 2002 | 22 | 9 |
| 2003 | 24 | 30 |
| 2004 | 12 | 32 |
| 2005 | 6 | 22 |
| 2006 | 13 | 25 |
| 2007 | 11 | 25 |
| 2008 | 10 | 26 |
| 2009 | 12 | 18 |
| 2010 | 10 | 16 |
| 2011 | 25 | 23 |
| 2012 | 16 | 23 |
| 2013 | 18 | 27 |
| 2014 | 17 | 13 |
| 2015 | 9 | 17 |
| 2016 | 15 | 25 |
| 2017 | 11 | 34 |
| 2018 | 15 | 10 |
| 2019 | 24 | 19 |
| 2020 | 14 | 15 |
| 2021 | 9 | 13 |
| 2022 | 11 | 19 |
| 2023 | 12 | 17 |
| 2024 | 15 | 13 |
| 2025 | 16 | 14 |
| 2026 | 7 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Endoscopic vessel harvesting devices with conditioning of insufflation gas29 Sep 2026US 12,746,028 B2Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation
- Minimally invasive no touch (MINT) procedure for harvesting the great saphenous vein (GSV), endoscopic asval technique and assisted pin stripping of superficial GSV, hydrodissection-based endoscopic vein harvesting (EVH) system, venous hydrodissector, retractor and tip adapter for use with flexible cystosope and adapted cystoscope system11 Aug 2026US 12,702,391 B2Pjpg LLC
- Device for vessel support and harvesting14 Jul 2026US 12,678,146 B2LSI Solutions, Inc.
- Surgical device configured to strip and cut tendon26 May 2026US 12,635,995 B2Arthrex, Inc.
- Augmented-reality endoscopic vessel harvesting3 Mar 2026US 12,564,471 B2Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation
- Device for vessel support and harvesting1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294412 A1LSI Solutions, Inc.
- Open Tendon Stripper3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256465 A1Conmed Corporation
- Surgical device configured to strip and cut tendon20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240531 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Quadricep tendon harvestor11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157737 A1
- Endovascular devices and methods for exploiting intramural space11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157763 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- RF bipolar end effector for use in electrosurgical instruments1,920US 6,485,490 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2002
- RF bipolar mesentery takedown device including improved bipolar end effector1,654US 6,468,275 B1Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2002
- RF bipolar end effector for use in electrosurgical instruments1,614US 6,296,640 B1Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2001
- RF bipolar mesentery takedown device including improved bipolar end effector1,597US 6,165,175 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2000
- Instrument for the extraction of patho-logical vein sections such as varices1,493US 5,395,384 A1995