A61B 17/1626
Control means
Official title: {Control means; Display units}
A61B17/1626 (Control means) appears on 782 US grants and 961 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 782
- Published applications
- 961
- Assignees
- 261
- Inventors
- 1,204
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2021 | 62 | 82 |
| 2022 | 55 | 76 |
| 2023 | 65 | 57 |
| 2024 | 86 | 70 |
| 2025 | 77 | 63 |
| 2026 | 46 | 48 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Surgical resection device and methods of operation thereof29 Sep 2026US 12,746,014 B2Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Automated drilling device and method8 Sep 2026US 12,727,891 B2Clee Medical SA
- Surgical tool system including a tool unit and a battery and control module25 Aug 2026US 12,714,441 B2Stryker Corporation
- Limited-use surgical devices and limited-use disposable attachments for use with surgical devices25 Aug 2026US 12,714,442 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Surgical bone drill25 Aug 2026US 12,714,443 B2Asfora IP, LLC
- Techniques for adaptive control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306097 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Systems and methods for navigated reaming of the acetabulum8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306111 A1Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Surgical Pin Driver System And Methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306113 A1Stryker Corporation
- Passive identification for limited-use surgical devices and limited-use disposable attachments8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306213 A1Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Systems and methods for monitoring a surgical tool1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294446 A1Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Integrated system for powered surgical tools2,165US 6,017,354 AStryker Corporation · 2000
- Battery powered surgical handpiece2,041US 5,207,697 AStryker Corporation · 1993
- Powered surgical handpiece with removable control switch1,906US 6,752,816 B2Stryker Corporation · 2004
- Powered surgical apparatus, method of manufacturing powered surgical apparatus, and method of using powered surgical apparatus1,743US 7,473,263 B2Gyrus Ent, L.L.C. · 2009
- Powered surgical tool with control module that contains a sensor for remotely monitoring the tool power generating unit1,623US 7,638,958 B2Stryker Corporation · 2009