A61B 17/1155
Circular staplers comprising a plurality of staples
Official title: {Circular staplers comprising a plurality of staples}
A61B17/1155 (Circular staplers comprising a plurality of staples) appears on 2,047 US grants and 2,303 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,047
- Published applications
- 2,303
- Assignees
- 177
- Inventors
- 1,341
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Power pack for activating surgical instruments and providing user feedback22 Sep 2026US 12,740,782 B2RevMedica, Inc.
- Cover device for a surgical site, cartridge for a surgical stapler, and related surgical methods22 Sep 2026US 12,740,785 B2Evergreen Surgical Solutions, LLC
- Power control circuit for powered surgical stapler22 Sep 2026US 12,740,786 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Adapter, extension, and connector assemblies for surgical devices15 Sep 2026US 12,733,934 B2Covidien LP
- System and method for real-time tissue perfusion assessment during clamping25 Aug 2026US 12,714,427 B2Covidien LP
- Devices and methods for minimally invasive surgical procedures17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272451 A1NICE Surgical Solutions Pte. Ltd.
- Handheld Electromechanical Surgical System With Low Tissue Compression Indiction17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272462 A1Covidien LP
- Lighted surgical stapler17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272463 A1Endolumik, Inc.
- Circular frame reaction force sensing27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248510 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Algorithm for determining and displaying compression and tissue gap in a circular stapler27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248511 A1Cilag GmbH International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrosurgical hemostatic device4,011US 5,403,312 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Surgical device for stapling and/or fastening body tissues3,256US 5,389,098 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Electromechanical driver device for use with anastomosing, stapling, and resecting instruments3,211US 6,443,973 B1Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2002
- Endoscopic instrument having a torsionally stiff drive shaft for applying fasteners to tissue3,200US 5,433,721 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Electrosurgical stapling device3,188US 5,735,848 AEthicon, Inc. · 1998