A61B 17/076
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for removing surgical staples or wound clamps
Official title: for removing surgical staples {or wound clamps}
A61B17/076 (Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for removing surgical staples or wound clamps) appears on 106 US grants and 92 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 106
- Published applications
- 92
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 151
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 6 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Devices and methods for cosmetic skin resurfacing8 Sep 2026US 12,728,248 B2Cytrellis Biosystems, Inc.
- Compression staple insertion kit1 Sep 2026US 12,721,628 B2Tyber Medical LLC
- Apparatus and methods for removal of heart valve ligation clip11 Aug 2026US 12,702,415 B2Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
- Orthopedic staple and related instruments10 Mar 2026US 12,569,248 B2Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- Surgical staple implant system10 Feb 2026US 12,544,066 B2In2Bones USA, LLC
- Orthopedic staple and related instruments18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165706 A1Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- Surgical Staple Implant System4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151128 A1In2Bones USA, LLC
- Compression Staple Insertion Kit26 Sep 2024US 2024/0315696 A1Tyber Medical LLC
- Anchor devices, systems, and methods for non-adherent anatomical structures30 May 2024US 2024/0173030 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Orthopedic staple and related instruments9 May 2024US 2024/0148378 A1Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotically-controlled surgical end effector system with rotary actuated closure systems2,881US 8,573,465 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Robotically-controlled disposable motor-driven loading unit2,372US 8,752,749 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Detachable motor powered surgical instrument1,617US 9,084,601 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Detachable motor powered surgical instrument1,572US 8,991,677 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Detachable motor powered surgical instrument1,567US 8,998,058 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015