A61B 17/068
Surgical staplers
Official title: Surgical staplers {, e.g. containing multiple staples or clamps}({staplers containing only one staple A61B17/10; magazines or containers for staples A61B17/105;} for performing anastomosis A61B17/115; {staplers in general B25C5/00})
A61B17/068 (Surgical staplers) appears on 9,406 US grants and 10,745 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 10,745
- Assignees
- 944
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 494 | 428 |
| 2026 | 265 | 216 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Surgical devices for bone6 Oct 2026US 12,751,715 B2Expand Medical Ltd.
- Medical stapler and suturing method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,716 B2Olympus Corporation
- Tissue monitoring electrosurgical instruments and methods of using the same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,761 B2Standard Bariatrics, Inc.
- Surgical instrument with adjustable jaws29 Sep 2026US 12,746,003 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Systems and methods for machine learning control of a surgical device29 Sep 2026US 12,749,583 B2Covidien LP
- Powered stapling device with manual override mechanism8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306096 A1Covidien LP
- Techniques for adaptive control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306097 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Adapter assemblies for surgical device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306098 A1Covidien LP
- Surgical stapling device with articulating tool assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306099 A1Covidien LP
- Aggregation and reporting of surgical hub data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306129 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrosurgical hemostatic device4,011US 5,403,312 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- 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 instrument having a single lockout mechanism for prevention of firing3,405US 7,380,695 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical stapling and cutting device3,391US 7,404,508 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008