A61B 17/0231
For eye surgery
Official title: {for eye surgery}
A61B17/0231 (For eye surgery) appears on 215 US grants and 221 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 215
- Published applications
- 221
- Assignees
- 116
- Inventors
- 387
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 0 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012 | 5 | 7 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13 |
| 2014 | 11 | 13 |
| 2015 | 6 | 13 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10 |
| 2017 | 8 | 18 |
| 2018 | 17 | 22 |
| 2019 | 10 | 13 |
| 2020 | 14 | 19 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 |
| 2023 | 14 | 10 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026 | 8 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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