A61B 17/22031
Gripping instruments
Official title: {Gripping instruments, e.g. forceps, for removing or smashing calculi (A61B17/221 takes precedence)}
A61B17/22031 (Gripping instruments) appears on 1,589 US grants and 2,040 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,589
- Published applications
- 2,040
- Assignees
- 517
- Inventors
- 2,276
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2022 | 90 | 126 |
| 2023 | 96 | 99 |
| 2024 | 110 | 101 |
| 2025 | 88 | 90 |
| 2026 | 44 | 53 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Devices, systems, and methods for extracting a ureteral stent29 Sep 2026US 12,746,137 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
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- Extendable ureteroscope sheath1 Sep 2026US 12,721,642 B2C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Devices and systems for access and navigation of cerebrospinal fluid space1 Sep 2026US 12,721,980 B2Pharaoh Neuro, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for retrieval of material from vessel lumens25 Aug 2026US 12,714,451 B2Covidien LP
- Catheter system with highly flexible distal portion for distal access and/or clot removal24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283634 A1Julier Medical AG
- Methods and systems for treatment of acute ischemic stroke17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272483 A1Route 92 Medical, Inc.
- Systems and methods for removing undesirable material within a circulatory system during a surgical procedure10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263094 A1AngioDynamics, Inc.
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods thereof10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263099 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Thrombectomy apparatus and method utilizing magnetically responsive expandable segments3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256484 A1Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical circular stapler with tissue retention arrangements1,570US 8,801,735 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Atherectomy device having a flexible housing1,560US 4,781,186 ADevices for Vascular Intervention, Inc. · 1988
- Transwall visualization arrangements and methods for surgical circular staplers1,514US 8,672,207 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Apparatus for removal of objects from body passages1,506US 4,865,030 AAmerican Medical Systems, Inc. · 1989
- Circular stapling instruments with secondary cutting arrangements and methods of using same1,501US 8,801,734 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014