A61B 17/2804
With two or more pivotal connections
Official title: {with two or more pivotal connections (A61B17/29 takes precedence)}
A61B17/2804 (With two or more pivotal connections) appears on 202 US grants and 209 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 202
- Published applications
- 209
- Assignees
- 93
- Inventors
- 396
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 7 |
| 2005 | 0 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10 |
| 2014 | 4 | 14 |
| 2015 | 8 | 4 |
| 2016 | 7 | 8 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13 |
| 2019 | 4 | 12 |
| 2020 | 11 | 28 |
| 2021 | 24 | 22 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8 |
| 2023 | 14 | 13 |
| 2024 | 18 | 13 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6 |
| 2026 | 6 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Cutting device, forceps and gripping/cutting method8 Sep 2026US 12,727,905 B2National University Corporation Shiga University of Medical Science
- Surgical instruments with compliant mechanism design16 Jun 2026US 12,653,566 B2Innovative Delta Technology, LLC
- Forceps including actuation limiting10 Mar 2026US 12,569,268 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Forceps motion transfer assembly3 Mar 2026US 12,564,415 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Punching-type iridotomy instrument17 Feb 2026US 12,551,374 B2Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Gyeongsang National University
- Forceps motion transfer assembly4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151152 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Surgical clamp and clamp jaw13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345083 A1
- Surgical instrument with dual mode end effector and modular clamp arm assembly5 Jun 2025US 2025/0177080 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Articulable wrist with flexible member and pivot guides15 May 2025US 2025/0152274 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Tools for bodily implants8 May 2025US 2025/0143731 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical stapler and cartridge1,859US 6,131,790 A2000
- Ultrasonic treatment device1,096US 7,563,269 B2Olympus Corporation · 2009
- Surgical instrument set764US 4,997,432 AWaldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG · 1991
- Minimally invasive expanding spacer and method743US 7,070,598 B2SDGI Holdings, Inc. · 2006
- Minimally invasive expanding spacer and method666US 7,087,055 B2SDGI Holdings, Inc. · 2006