A61B 17/3205
Excision instruments
A61B17/3205 (Excision instruments) appears on 6,416 US grants and 7,638 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 6,416
- Published applications
- 7,638
- Assignees
- 1,578
- Inventors
- 7,735
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 20 | 0 |
| 1988 | 29 | 0 |
| 1989 | 21 | 0 |
| 1990 | 34 | 0 |
| 1991 | 39 | 0 |
| 1992 | 62 | 0 |
| 1993 | 52 | 0 |
| 1994 | 69 | 0 |
| 1995 | 50 | 0 |
| 1996 | 61 | 0 |
| 1997 | 69 | 0 |
| 1998 | 96 | 0 |
| 1999 | 128 | 0 |
| 2000 | 115 | 0 |
| 2001 | 104 | 42 |
| 2002 | 104 | 164 |
| 2003 | 129 | 173 |
| 2004 | 107 | 195 |
| 2005 | 64 | 247 |
| 2006 | 71 | 222 |
| 2007 | 75 | 229 |
| 2008 | 65 | 246 |
| 2009 | 76 | 232 |
| 2010 | 147 | 254 |
| 2011 | 148 | 276 |
| 2012 | 221 | 314 |
| 2013 | 269 | 346 |
| 2014 | 276 | 439 |
| 2015 | 284 | 392 |
| 2016 | 292 | 408 |
| 2017 | 312 | 404 |
| 2018 | 291 | 384 |
| 2019 | 388 | 422 |
| 2020 | 377 | 402 |
| 2021 | 310 | 364 |
| 2022 | 309 | 326 |
| 2023 | 307 | 292 |
| 2024 | 305 | 324 |
| 2025 | 305 | 326 |
| 2026 | 173 | 215 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Neurovascular clot retrieving system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,736 B2Cerebrova KP Medical, Inc.
- Extraction tool29 Sep 2026US 12,746,030 B2SAúDe ViáVel S.A.
- Surgical apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,746,031 B2Linus Ventures LLC
- Medical device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,032 B2Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Intraluminal vascular device, particularly for sclerotherapy, and method22 Sep 2026US 12,740,795 B2I-Vasc S.R.L.
- Orbital Atherectomy Device with Exchangeable Burr System and Methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306127 A1Angiomed GmbH & Co. Medizintechnik KG
- Interventional systems and associated devices and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306128 A1InterVene, Inc.
- Endoscopic snare device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294466 A1United States Endoscopy Group, Inc.
- Selectively dilatable stent having one or more cutting edges, and related systems and methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294467 A1Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Highly flexible atherectomy devices1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294468 A1Nipro Vascular Innovations Americas, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotically-controlled cable-based surgical end effectors2,844US 8,800,838 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Robotic arm DLUs for performing surgical tasks2,751US 6,231,565 B1United States Surgical Corporation · 2001
- Apparatus and method for resectioning gastro-esophageal tissue2,688US 6,835,199 B2Rex Medical, L. P. · 2004
- Motor-driven surgical cutting instrument2,531US 8,210,411 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2012
- Surgical cutting and stapling device2,476US 8,025,199 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2011