A61B 17/128
For applying or removing clamps or clips
Official title: for applying or removing clamps or clips
A61B17/128 (For applying or removing clamps or clips) appears on 2,316 US grants and 2,583 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,316
- Published applications
- 2,583
- Assignees
- 500
- Inventors
- 2,766
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 34 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 38 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 23 | 10 |
| 2002 | 22 | 66 |
| 2003 | 34 | 33 |
| 2004 | 31 | 72 |
| 2005 | 22 | 69 |
| 2006 | 28 | 92 |
| 2007 | 26 | 67 |
| 2008 | 26 | 86 |
| 2009 | 32 | 66 |
| 2010 | 51 | 77 |
| 2011 | 60 | 80 |
| 2012 | 67 | 77 |
| 2013 | 88 | 78 |
| 2014 | 71 | 91 |
| 2015 | 83 | 98 |
| 2016 | 77 | 114 |
| 2017 | 75 | 104 |
| 2018 | 75 | 130 |
| 2019 | 110 | 236 |
| 2020 | 179 | 188 |
| 2021 | 144 | 163 |
| 2022 | 130 | 128 |
| 2023 | 124 | 145 |
| 2024 | 155 | 128 |
| 2025 | 148 | 109 |
| 2026 | 86 | 76 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tissue clamping system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,009 B2Shenzhen Lifevalve Medical Scientific Co. Ltd.
- Medical device including a hemostatis clip29 Sep 2026US 12,746,010 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Clip applier having stabilizing member22 Sep 2026US 12,740,784 B2Teleflex Medical Incorporated
- Directable traction systems and methods22 Sep 2026US 12,740,799 B2Levita Magnetics International Corp.
- Surgical clip and deployment system25 Aug 2026US 12,714,428 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Medical device and treatment method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306106 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Hook and loop for hemostasis clip release24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283623 A1Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Flexible, rotatable, and reopenable traction-style continuous firing hemostatic clip17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272470 A1Eastern Enterprise Corporation
- Repositionable over-the-scope clip17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272471 A1Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Devices, system and methods for applying multiple clips to tissue10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263080 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscopic surgical system with sensing means3,306US 5,383,880 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Endoscopic instrument having a torsionally stiff drive shaft for applying fasteners to tissue3,200US 5,433,721 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Surgical stapler3,095US 6,032,849 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 2000
- Combined dissecting, cauterizing, and stapling device3,025US 6,602,252 B2Starion Instruments Corporation · 2003
- Surgical device for stapling and fastening body tissues2,929US 5,467,911 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1995