A61B 17/3401
Puncturing needles for the peridural or subarachnoid space or the plexus
Official title: {Puncturing needles for the peridural or subarachnoid space or the plexus, e.g. for anaesthesia}
A61B17/3401 (Puncturing needles for the peridural or subarachnoid space or the plexus) appears on 512 US grants and 595 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 512
- Published applications
- 595
- Assignees
- 258
- Inventors
- 1,064
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2003 | 11 | 13 |
| 2004 | 5 | 24 |
| 2005 | 8 | 13 |
| 2006 | 8 | 31 |
| 2007 | 6 | 23 |
| 2008 | 3 | 23 |
| 2009 | 6 | 25 |
| 2010 | 12 | 24 |
| 2011 | 11 | 34 |
| 2012 | 28 | 28 |
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| 2016 | 21 | 34 |
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| 2019 | 26 | 33 |
| 2020 | 17 | 33 |
| 2021 | 21 | 23 |
| 2022 | 18 | 23 |
| 2023 | 12 | 14 |
| 2024 | 17 | 21 |
| 2025 | 10 | 17 |
| 2026 | 9 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Tactile sensing and guidance system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,034 B2IntuiTap Medical, Inc.
- Needle bending device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,592 B2Precision Bend LLC
- Integrated needle-catheter systems and methods of use23 Jun 2026US 12,661,145 B2
- Tap block injection device16 Jun 2026US 12,653,571 B2
- Puncture system delivery system2 Jun 2026US 12,642,553 B2RheoNexa, Inc.
- Needle for delivery of multiple extending elements to tissue8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306135 A1University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Tactile sensing and needle guidance device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263110 A1IntuiTap Medical, Inc.
- Force measuring epidural needle3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256462 A1Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
- Image-guided robotic arm for inserting a penetrating member into a body lumen6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224308 A1Obvius Robotics, Inc.
- Methods and systems for draining cerebrospinal fluid into the venous system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224866 A1Cerevasc, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Interchangeable tools for surgical instruments2,056US 8,758,391 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Guidewire exchange systems to treat spinal stenosis1,451US 8,257,356 B2Baxano, Inc. · 2012
- Access and tissue modification systems and methods1,072US 8,568,416 B2Baxano Surgical, Inc. · 2013
- Device and method for less forceful tissue puncture854US 10,219,832 B2Actuated Medical, Inc. · 2019
- Dural sealing needle and method of use709US 5,053,046 A1991