A61B 17/32056
Surgical snare instruments
Official title: {Surgical snare instruments (for removing or smashing calculi A61B2017/2212; tonsillotomes A61B17/26)}
A61B17/32056 (Surgical snare instruments) appears on 916 US grants and 1,028 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 916
- Published applications
- 1,028
- Assignees
- 313
- Inventors
- 1,465
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 27 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 9 |
| 2002 | 25 | 32 |
| 2003 | 25 | 37 |
| 2004 | 19 | 30 |
| 2005 | 13 | 49 |
| 2006 | 16 | 33 |
| 2007 | 11 | 52 |
| 2008 | 11 | 42 |
| 2009 | 17 | 47 |
| 2010 | 26 | 38 |
| 2011 | 20 | 29 |
| 2012 | 47 | 44 |
| 2013 | 45 | 50 |
| 2014 | 68 | 67 |
| 2015 | 47 | 36 |
| 2016 | 33 | 51 |
| 2017 | 35 | 61 |
| 2018 | 36 | 51 |
| 2019 | 44 | 60 |
| 2020 | 48 | 41 |
| 2021 | 32 | 35 |
| 2022 | 36 | 35 |
| 2023 | 30 | 25 |
| 2024 | 31 | 25 |
| 2025 | 24 | 32 |
| 2026 | 18 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Surgical clip and deployment system25 Aug 2026US 12,714,428 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Endoscopic open wire snare system18 Aug 2026US 12,708,391 B2
- Endocardial left atrial appendage management11 Aug 2026US 12,702,419 B2Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Devices and methods for performing water-aided endoscopy28 Jul 2026US 12,690,887 B2Endeau, Inc.
- Loop dissector14 Jul 2026US 12,678,188 B2EyeMacular Regeneration, Inc.
- Endoscopic snare device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294466 A1United States Endoscopy Group, Inc.
- Thrombus removal systems and associated methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272498 A1Shifamed Holdings, LLC
- Shape memory alloy enabled robotic modular mass debrider13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232375 A1City of Hope
- Tissue Removal Systems and Related Methods16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198997 A1Madison Surgical Designs, LLC
- Endovascular snare apparatus2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182975 A1Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscopic surgery apparatus2,420US 6,352,503 B1Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 2002
- Medical system for reproducing a state of contact of the treatment section in the operation unit2,068US 5,339,799 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1994
- Ultrasonic surgical instruments1,701US 8,430,898 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Medical device having linear to rotation control1,605US 6,602,262 B2SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2003
- Method and instruments for performing a percutaneous lumbar diskectomy1,581US 4,545,374 A1985