A61B 17/06128
Elongate cylinders, i.e. tubes
Official title: {Elongate cylinders, i.e. tubes}
A61B17/06128 (Elongate cylinders, i.e. tubes) appears on 36 US grants and 49 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 36
- Published applications
- 49
- Assignees
- 33
- Inventors
- 103
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
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