A61B 17/50
Instruments , other than pincettes or toothpicks, for removing foreign bodies from
Official title: Instruments {, other than pincettes or toothpicks,} for removing foreign bodies from the human body (surgical pincettes, i.e. surgical tweezers, A61B17/30)
A61B17/50 (Instruments , other than pincettes or toothpicks, for removing foreign bodies from) appears on 435 US grants and 484 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 435
- Published applications
- 484
- Assignees
- 233
- Inventors
- 774
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 7 |
| 2007 | 0 | 11 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 9 |
| 2011 | 6 | 13 |
| 2012 | 5 | 14 |
| 2013 | 10 | 27 |
| 2014 | 19 | 61 |
| 2015 | 21 | 37 |
| 2016 | 29 | 41 |
| 2017 | 26 | 33 |
| 2018 | 27 | 30 |
| 2019 | 26 | 33 |
| 2020 | 26 | 22 |
| 2021 | 29 | 30 |
| 2022 | 20 | 21 |
| 2023 | 27 | 22 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 |
| 2025 | 19 | 16 |
| 2026 | 7 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Suction device for sucking obstruction in respiratory tract and use method therefor25 Aug 2026US 12,714,774 B2Dcstar Inc
- Respiratory obstruction removal device14 Jul 2026US 12,678,195 B2Dcstar Inc
- Suction device for sucking obstruction in respiratory tract and use method therefor7 Jul 2026US 12,673,149 B2Dcstar Inc
- Yankauer suction device with auxiliary access port23 Jun 2026US 12,661,468 B1Moser Medical
- Transapical removal device2 Jun 2026US 12,642,586 B2Evalve, Inc.
- Yankauer Suction Device with Auxiliary Access Port24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284344 A1Moser Medical
- Hydro Dermabrasion Device With Microneedles6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224873 A1
- Negative Pressure Airway Clearance System with Adaptive Suction Control and Patient-Specific Safety Mechanisms30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216456 A1
- Distraction loss magnet on-off mechanism18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165743 A1NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.
- Multi-jaw grasper and related systems and methods28 May 2026US 2026/0145343 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for removal of objects from body passages1,506US 4,865,030 AAmerican Medical Systems, Inc. · 1989
- Foreign body-recovering instrument for endoscope1,423US 6,206,904 B1Ashai Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2001
- Device for removing solid objects from body canals, cavities and organs614US 5,779,716 AMetamorphic Surgical Devices, LLC · 1998
- Device for removing solid objects from body canals, cavities and organs including an invertable basket499US 6,264,663 B1Metamorphic Surgical Devices, LLC · 2001
- Systems and methods for surgical and interventional planning, support, post-operative follow-up, and, functional recovery tracking450US 9,129,054 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · 2015