A61B 17/0643
With separate closing member
Official title: {with separate closing member, e.g. for interlocking with staple}
A61B17/0643 (With separate closing member) appears on 956 US grants and 1,089 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 956
- Published applications
- 1,089
- Assignees
- 247
- Inventors
- 1,289
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 22 | 16 |
| 2002 | 25 | 46 |
| 2003 | 31 | 36 |
| 2004 | 31 | 80 |
| 2005 | 20 | 37 |
| 2006 | 28 | 55 |
| 2007 | 15 | 29 |
| 2008 | 13 | 52 |
| 2009 | 18 | 44 |
| 2010 | 42 | 45 |
| 2011 | 48 | 40 |
| 2012 | 33 | 91 |
| 2013 | 44 | 76 |
| 2014 | 62 | 50 |
| 2015 | 48 | 61 |
| 2016 | 59 | 52 |
| 2017 | 53 | 31 |
| 2018 | 40 | 32 |
| 2019 | 42 | 31 |
| 2020 | 34 | 29 |
| 2021 | 22 | 35 |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 |
| 2023 | 17 | 24 |
| 2024 | 30 | 24 |
| 2025 | 20 | 27 |
| 2026 | 17 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods and apparatus for delivering staples to a target tissue8 Sep 2026US 12,727,881 B2Rotation Medical, Inc.
- Fluid management systems for robotic stapling and cutting systems8 Sep 2026US 12,727,884 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Apparatus, system, and method for patient-specific methods and instrumentation25 Aug 2026US 12,714,445 B2Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for treating the left atrial appendage11 Aug 2026US 12,702,394 B2Laminar, Inc.
- Methods of operating a surgical instrument or a subsystem thereof28 Jul 2026US 12,690,865 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Stabilization devices3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256469 A1Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- Endoscope with integrated tissue acquisition capability27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248367 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Robotic stapling and cutting systems and methods27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248503 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Clip instruments and control methods thereof23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207203 A1Hangzhou Ags Medtech Co., Ltd.
- Anastomotic coupler16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198925 A1Buck Surgical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mesh tissue fasteners3,167US 4,548,202 AEthicon, Inc. · 1985
- Devices and methods for performing a vascular anastomosis2,683US 5,695,504 AHeartport, Inc. · 1997
- Selectively orientable implantable fastener cartridge2,602US 8,393,514 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Surgical stapling systems and staple cartridges for deploying surgical staples with tissue compression features2,424US 7,604,151 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009
- Surgical stapling instruments having a releasable staple-forming pocket2,400US 7,438,209 B1Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008