A61B 17/3462
With means for changing the diameter or the orientation of the entrance
Official title: {with means for changing the diameter or the orientation of the entrance port of the cannula, e.g. for use with different-sized instruments, reduction ports, adapter seals (expandable cannulas A61B17/3417)}
A61B17/3462 (With means for changing the diameter or the orientation of the entrance) appears on 1,656 US grants and 1,934 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,656
- Published applications
- 1,934
- Assignees
- 414
- Inventors
- 2,124
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 29 | 0 |
| 1995 | 40 | 0 |
| 1996 | 35 | 0 |
| 1997 | 29 | 0 |
| 1998 | 42 | 0 |
| 1999 | 31 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 5 |
| 2002 | 14 | 37 |
| 2003 | 24 | 21 |
| 2004 | 9 | 47 |
| 2005 | 11 | 62 |
| 2006 | 16 | 59 |
| 2007 | 20 | 44 |
| 2008 | 14 | 64 |
| 2009 | 17 | 83 |
| 2010 | 58 | 135 |
| 2011 | 74 | 120 |
| 2012 | 91 | 87 |
| 2013 | 72 | 68 |
| 2014 | 79 | 97 |
| 2015 | 85 | 97 |
| 2016 | 62 | 72 |
| 2017 | 68 | 75 |
| 2018 | 64 | 101 |
| 2019 | 94 | 147 |
| 2020 | 83 | 87 |
| 2021 | 85 | 113 |
| 2022 | 83 | 98 |
| 2023 | 85 | 85 |
| 2024 | 76 | 48 |
| 2025 | 67 | 50 |
| 2026 | 31 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Surgical therapy systems and related methods6 Oct 2026US 12,752,080 B2ClearPoint Neuro, Inc.
- Rotational and deflectable catheter control assembly29 Sep 2026US 12,746,366 B2EnTellect Medical Holdings
- Valve mechanism22 Sep 2026US 12,740,807 B2Palliare Limited
- Interface for accessing the interior of a heart8 Sep 2026US 12,727,911 B2Syntach AG
- Surgical access port8 Sep 2026US 12,727,912 B2Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Loader Tubing for Left Atrial Appendage Occluder Delivery System1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294437 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Expandable surgical access port1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294473 A1Vycor Medical, Inc.
- Metallic coated polymeric seal for use in medical applications24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283644 A1Vernay Laboratories, Inc.
- Bleeding control device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272466 A1
- Real-time sampling system10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263056 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flexible instrument2,033US 7,090,683 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2006
- Instrument introducer1,725US 7,846,149 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2010
- Flexible instrument1,588US 7,371,210 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical instrument1,572US 8,632,563 B2Olympus Corporation · 2014
- Surgical instrument1,559US 6,843,793 B2endoVia Medical, Inc. · 2005