A61B 17/0682
For applying u-shaped staples or clamps
Official title: {for applying U-shaped staples or clamps, e.g. without a forming anvil}
A61B17/0682 (For applying u-shaped staples or clamps) appears on 2,326 US grants and 2,625 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,326
- Published applications
- 2,625
- Assignees
- 338
- Inventors
- 2,015
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2022 | 159 | 230 |
| 2023 | 191 | 118 |
| 2024 | 166 | 118 |
| 2025 | 114 | 99 |
| 2026 | 74 | 48 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Fibular fracture staple and methods for using the same15 Sep 2026US 12,733,926 B2Medshape, Inc.
- Feedback algorithms for manual bailout systems for surgical instruments15 Sep 2026US 12,733,931 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Methods and apparatus for delivering staples to a target tissue8 Sep 2026US 12,727,881 B2Rotation Medical, Inc.
- Surgical stapler cartridge having tissue engagement protrusions with enlarged engagement surface8 Sep 2026US 12,727,882 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical stapling instrument having a two-position lockout mechanism8 Sep 2026US 12,727,883 B2Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Techniques for adaptive control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306097 A1Cilag GmbH International
- A surgical stapler1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294430 A1
- Staple and Driver for Tendon Stapling Apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294431 A1KiriGenX, Inc.
- Articulation indicator for a surgical instrument10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263067 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Stabilization devices3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256469 A1Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical device for stapling and/or fastening body tissues3,256US 5,389,098 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Articulating surgical stapling instrument incorporating a two-piece E-beam firing mechanism3,243US 7,380,696 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical stapling apparatus3,191US 5,865,361 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1999
- Surgical stapler3,095US 6,032,849 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 2000
- Surgical stapling apparatus3,063US 6,241,139 B12001