A61B 17/320016
Endoscopic cutting instruments
Official title: {Endoscopic cutting instruments, e.g. arthroscopes, resectoscopes (A61B10/0233, A61B17/29, A61B17/3207 take precedence)}
A61B17/320016 (Endoscopic cutting instruments) appears on 5,305 US grants and 6,023 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 5,305
- Published applications
- 6,023
- Assignees
- 1,367
- Inventors
- 6,920
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 131 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 84 | 0 |
| 2001 | 74 | 31 |
| 2002 | 61 | 92 |
| 2003 | 85 | 117 |
| 2004 | 62 | 151 |
| 2005 | 35 | 178 |
| 2006 | 56 | 196 |
| 2007 | 57 | 168 |
| 2008 | 52 | 198 |
| 2009 | 72 | 140 |
| 2010 | 115 | 219 |
| 2011 | 130 | 178 |
| 2012 | 163 | 236 |
| 2013 | 175 | 261 |
| 2014 | 230 | 346 |
| 2015 | 239 | 313 |
| 2016 | 237 | 274 |
| 2017 | 266 | 338 |
| 2018 | 199 | 325 |
| 2019 | 274 | 337 |
| 2020 | 311 | 343 |
| 2021 | 279 | 338 |
| 2022 | 254 | 287 |
| 2023 | 265 | 274 |
| 2024 | 294 | 274 |
| 2025 | 266 | 257 |
| 2026 | 126 | 152 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tool driver with reaction torque sensor for use in robotic surgery6 Oct 2026US 12,751,780 B2Auris Health, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for performing spine surgery29 Sep 2026US 12,745,997 B2NuVasive, Inc.
- Endoscopic vessel harvesting devices with conditioning of insufflation gas29 Sep 2026US 12,746,028 B2Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation
- Modular, assembled surgical instrument22 Sep 2026US 12,740,804 B2Mission Surgical Innovations, LLC
- Feedback algorithms for manual bailout systems for surgical instruments15 Sep 2026US 12,733,931 B2Cilag GmbH International
- A device for extracting a material8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306081 A1Stichting Radboud universitair medisch centrum
- Medical cutting devices with static components having temperature sensors and related methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306109 A1Innovations 4 Surgery, LLC
- Oscillating surgical bone removal tool with angular displacement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306125 A1Medtronic PS Medical, Inc.
- Passive identification for limited-use surgical devices and limited-use disposable attachments8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306213 A1Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Venous embolic protection filter8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306239 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
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
- Linear stapling mechanism with cutting means2,976US 5,307,976 AEthicon, Inc. · 1994
- Surgical apparatus and method2,968US 6,264,086 B12001
- Surgical stapling system and method of applying staples from multiple staple cartridges2,865US 5,833,695 A1998