A61B 17/3201
Scissors
Official title: Scissors (for biopsy A61B10/02)
A61B17/3201 (Scissors) appears on 790 US grants and 859 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 790
- Published applications
- 859
- Assignees
- 332
- Inventors
- 1,384
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 5 |
| 2002 | 10 | 9 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14 |
| 2004 | 6 | 11 |
| 2005 | 5 | 24 |
| 2006 | 7 | 22 |
| 2007 | 4 | 13 |
| 2008 | 3 | 17 |
| 2009 | 5 | 22 |
| 2010 | 6 | 24 |
| 2011 | 14 | 20 |
| 2012 | 15 | 18 |
| 2013 | 25 | 37 |
| 2014 | 25 | 46 |
| 2015 | 27 | 43 |
| 2016 | 35 | 46 |
| 2017 | 33 | 53 |
| 2018 | 28 | 42 |
| 2019 | 41 | 75 |
| 2020 | 44 | 45 |
| 2021 | 48 | 64 |
| 2022 | 39 | 51 |
| 2023 | 47 | 43 |
| 2024 | 60 | 52 |
| 2025 | 44 | 41 |
| 2026 | 25 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Replaceable surgical scissor blades for surgical instruments6 Oct 2026US 12,751,734 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Cutting device, forceps and gripping/cutting method8 Sep 2026US 12,727,905 B2National University Corporation Shiga University of Medical Science
- Integrated RFID tag in a manual instrument8 Sep 2026US 12,727,963 B2Aesculap AG
- Surgical scissors for incising anterior capsule of lens25 Aug 2026US 12,714,601 B2
- Articulation mechanisms for robotic surgical tools18 Aug 2026US 12,708,253 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Replaceable surgical scissor blades for surgical instruments8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306126 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Medical Instrument and Retainer and Tip Protection Sheath8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306688 A1Cygnus Medical, LLC
- Instrument connection systems and methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294457 A1ECA Medical Instruments
- Medical instrument and method for the manufacture of a medical instrument10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263101 A1
- Digging tool20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240062 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscopic instrument with detachable end effector2,559US 5,792,165 A1998
- Surgical instrument having fluid actuated opposing jaws2,326US 7,559,452 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009
- Robotic tool with monopolar electro-surgical scissors2,278US 6,994,708 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2006
- Surgical instrument for endoscopic and general surgery2,250US 5,817,119 A1998
- Multifunctional tool and method for minimally invasive surgery2,207US 7,208,005 B2The Penn State Research Foundation · 2007