A61B 17/062
Needle manipulators
A61B17/062 (Needle manipulators) appears on 1,567 US grants and 1,759 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,567
- Published applications
- 1,759
- Assignees
- 465
- Inventors
- 2,194
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 29 | 0 |
| 1997 | 33 | 0 |
| 1998 | 49 | 0 |
| 1999 | 44 | 0 |
| 2000 | 36 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 5 |
| 2002 | 14 | 20 |
| 2003 | 18 | 39 |
| 2004 | 11 | 45 |
| 2005 | 14 | 46 |
| 2006 | 24 | 56 |
| 2007 | 17 | 57 |
| 2008 | 18 | 78 |
| 2009 | 21 | 43 |
| 2010 | 48 | 69 |
| 2011 | 40 | 64 |
| 2012 | 58 | 92 |
| 2013 | 67 | 75 |
| 2014 | 67 | 84 |
| 2015 | 62 | 70 |
| 2016 | 70 | 80 |
| 2017 | 86 | 109 |
| 2018 | 67 | 87 |
| 2019 | 79 | 145 |
| 2020 | 91 | 94 |
| 2021 | 87 | 92 |
| 2022 | 71 | 87 |
| 2023 | 77 | 50 |
| 2024 | 73 | 73 |
| 2025 | 73 | 56 |
| 2026 | 38 | 43 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Grip for a needle driver and methods of manufacture and use thereof22 Sep 2026US 12,740,780 B2Ergosurgical Group Corp.
- Flexible suturing instrument8 Sep 2026US 12,727,874 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Devices and methods for tissue repair1 Sep 2026US 12,721,617 B2Medos International Sarl
- Thread suturing endoscopic device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,619 B2Chairmonkey, S.L.
- Minimally invasive suturing device25 Aug 2026US 12,714,418 B2LSI Solutions, Inc.
- Suturing forceps and method of suturing17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272448 A1
- Actuation device and features for surgical apparatuses10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263066 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Reusable automated suture adapter for laparoscopic surgery20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240537 A1Koc Universitesi
- Surgical suturing device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240539 A1Mellon Medical B.V.
- Suturing device and methods of use thereof13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232310 A1Soranus Arge Ve Danismanlik Hizmetleri Sanayi Ticaret Anonim Sirketi
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic arm DLUs for performing surgical tasks2,751US 6,231,565 B1United States Surgical Corporation · 2001
- Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive surgical procedures2,609US 6,436,107 B1Computer Motion, Inc. · 2002
- Devices and methods for treating e.g. urinary stress incontinence2,153US 6,517,566 B1Surgical Connections, Inc. · 2003
- Robotic arm DLUs for performing surgical tasks1,983US 6,827,712 B2United States Surgical Corporation · 2004
- Flexible drive member1,972US 9,204,879 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015