A61B 17/3476
Powered trocars
Official title: {Powered trocars, e.g. electrosurgical cutting, lasers, powered knives}
A61B17/3476 (Powered trocars) appears on 320 US grants and 377 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 320
- Published applications
- 377
- Assignees
- 148
- Inventors
- 636
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 10 |
| 2004 | 1 | 7 |
| 2005 | 0 | 13 |
| 2006 | 1 | 19 |
| 2007 | 5 | 17 |
| 2008 | 1 | 13 |
| 2009 | 3 | 11 |
| 2010 | 9 | 15 |
| 2011 | 11 | 8 |
| 2012 | 10 | 13 |
| 2013 | 8 | 17 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6 |
| 2015 | 16 | 19 |
| 2016 | 14 | 21 |
| 2017 | 5 | 21 |
| 2018 | 12 | 19 |
| 2019 | 22 | 21 |
| 2020 | 14 | 26 |
| 2021 | 22 | 28 |
| 2022 | 20 | 22 |
| 2023 | 17 | 15 |
| 2024 | 18 | 11 |
| 2025 | 16 | 14 |
| 2026 | 7 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Pen style microneedling machine apparatus14 Jul 2026US 12,678,606 B2FK Irons Inc.
- Autovance feature of an intraosseous device16 Jun 2026US 12,653,575 B2Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- MRI compatible steerable surgical apparatus and method9 Jun 2026US 12,648,792 B2University of Hawaii
- Powered circular stapler with reciprocating drive member to provide independent stapling and cutting of tissue21 Apr 2026US 12,605,158 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Retractable intraosseous access system17 Feb 2026US 12,551,236 B2Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Handheld Penetrative Devices for Treating Pleural Conditions, and Related Methods and Systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306130 A1Creare Inc.
- Robotic surgical system with bedside assist and related methods13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232390 A1
- Trocar with Multi-Axis Force and Torque Sensing9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191561 A1ATI Industrial Automation, Inc.
- Retractable Intraosseous Access System25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174466 A1Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Surgical cannulas and related systems and methods of identifying surgical cannulas23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108324 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Blunt tipped ultrasonic trocar2,010US 5,449,370 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Retrograde tissue splitter and method1,605US 5,449,355 AValleylab, Inc. · 1995
- Retrograde tissue splitter and method1,585US 5,797,906 AValleylab, Inc. · 1998
- Mechanical trocar insertion apparatus1,514US 5,458,579 ATechnalytics, Inc. · 1995
- Incising trocar and cannula assembly1,353US 5,522,831 A1996