A61B 17/1285
For minimally invasive surgery
Official title: {for minimally invasive surgery}
A61B17/1285 (For minimally invasive surgery) appears on 2,018 US grants and 2,379 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,018
- Published applications
- 2,379
- Assignees
- 438
- Inventors
- 2,419
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 17 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 20 | 0 |
| 1995 | 31 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 31 | 0 |
| 1998 | 35 | 0 |
| 1999 | 28 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 7 |
| 2002 | 20 | 62 |
| 2003 | 29 | 32 |
| 2004 | 27 | 64 |
| 2005 | 17 | 63 |
| 2006 | 26 | 77 |
| 2007 | 23 | 64 |
| 2008 | 23 | 77 |
| 2009 | 29 | 60 |
| 2010 | 44 | 71 |
| 2011 | 57 | 73 |
| 2012 | 60 | 73 |
| 2013 | 80 | 65 |
| 2014 | 66 | 79 |
| 2015 | 73 | 84 |
| 2016 | 68 | 103 |
| 2017 | 64 | 96 |
| 2018 | 68 | 122 |
| 2019 | 102 | 229 |
| 2020 | 167 | 175 |
| 2021 | 137 | 147 |
| 2022 | 122 | 121 |
| 2023 | 119 | 133 |
| 2024 | 140 | 126 |
| 2025 | 137 | 106 |
| 2026 | 84 | 70 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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
- 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.
- Multiple clip loading system10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263082 A1Cilag GmbH International
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