A61B 17/2841
Handles
Official title: {Handles}
A61B17/2841 (Handles) appears on 291 US grants and 363 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 291
- Published applications
- 363
- Assignees
- 122
- Inventors
- 564
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 4 |
| 2005 | 0 | 6 |
| 2006 | 0 | 9 |
| 2007 | 1 | 8 |
| 2008 | 1 | 10 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 5 | 8 |
| 2011 | 6 | 7 |
| 2012 | 8 | 10 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12 |
| 2014 | 6 | 16 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11 |
| 2016 | 12 | 22 |
| 2017 | 10 | 22 |
| 2018 | 17 | 25 |
| 2019 | 17 | 48 |
| 2020 | 23 | 39 |
| 2021 | 36 | 21 |
| 2022 | 24 | 20 |
| 2023 | 25 | 16 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 |
| 2025 | 19 | 10 |
| 2026 | 15 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Anti-breakage self-locking universal surgical clamp6 Oct 2026US 12,751,731 B2Guangzhou Aquila Precise Tools Limited
- Integrated RFID tag in a manual instrument8 Sep 2026US 12,727,963 B2Aesculap AG
- Surgical instrument for minimally invasive surgery18 Aug 2026US 12,708,393 B2Sutter Medizintechnik GmbH
- Surgical instrument with lockout mechanism28 Jul 2026US 12,690,866 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Rod rocker reducer instruments and methods14 Jul 2026US 12,678,204 B2Medos International Sarl
- Instrument connection systems and methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294457 A1ECA Medical Instruments
- Medical instruments for performing minimally-invasive procedures30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215796 A1Lumendi Ltd.
- Suture device with movable mechanism and locking feature23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207190 A1
- Implant delivery device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198965 A1Stryker European Operations Limited
- Needle grasping and manipulating device and method9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191525 A1Thomas Jefferson University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instrument with adjustable angle of operation1,790US 4,763,669 A1988
- Surgical instruments comprising a system for articulation and rotation compensation852US 10,772,651 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2020
- Adapter load button lockout696US 9,782,187 B2Covidien LP · 2017
- Intervertebral implant, process for widening and instruments for implanting an intervertebral implant694US 6,179,873 B22001
- Forceps with spring loaded end effector assembly646US 7,195,631 B2Sherwood Services AG · 2007