A61B 17/00234
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for minimally invasive surgery
Official title: {for minimally invasive surgery (A61B17/0218, A61B17/0469, A61B17/12013, A61B17/1285, A61B17/29, A61B17/320016 take precedence)}
A61B17/00234 (Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for minimally invasive surgery) appears on 19,769 US grants and 24,764 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 1069 | 1158 |
| 2026 | 630 | 731 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 2017/00238Type of minimally invasive operationIndexing code8,520
- A61B 2017/00292Mounted on or guided by flexibleIndexing code8,065
- A61B 2017/00349Needle-like instruments having hook or barb-like gripping meansIndexing code874
- A61B 2017/00353One mechanical instrument performing multiple functionsIndexing code787
- A61B 2017/00287Bags for minimally invasive surgeryIndexing code661
- A61B 2017/00358Snares for graspingIndexing code409
- A61B 2017/00362Packages or dispensers for mis instrumentsIndexing code259
- A61B 2017/00345Micromachines, nanomachines, microsystemsIndexing code256
Recent patents
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,751,703 B2Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods for traction in tissue removal6 Oct 2026US 12,751,706 B2Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Device for cardiac surgery and methods thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,751,713 B2LSI Solutions, Inc.
- Systems and methods for fault reaction mechanisms for medical robotic systems6 Oct 2026US 12,751,772 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Tool driver with reaction torque sensor for use in robotic surgery6 Oct 2026US 12,751,780 B2Auris Health, Inc.
- Implantable devices and methods to treat benign prostate hyperplasia (bph) and associated lower urinary tract symptoms (luts)8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305930 A1Prodeon Medical Corporation
- Four-Degrees-of-Freedom Interventional Handle Component8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306082 A1Shenzhen Cardioacc Ltd
- Device and method for extraction of tissue from a subject8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306083 A1Alexandra Health Pte. Ltd.
- Medical device and treatment method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306106 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Replaceable surgical scissor blades for surgical instruments8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306126 A1Cilag GmbH International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Articulation assembly for surgical instruments3,515US 5,704,534 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998
- Self contained gas powered surgical apparatus3,418US 5,312,023 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1994
- Surgical stapling and cutting device3,391US 7,404,508 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical instrument3,312US 5,632,432 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1997
- Endoscopic surgical system with sensing means3,306US 5,383,880 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995