A61B 18/1445
At the distal end of a shaft
Official title: {at the distal end of a shaft, e.g. forceps or scissors at the end of a rigid rod}
A61B18/1445 (At the distal end of a shaft) appears on 4,017 US grants and 5,191 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 4,017
- Published applications
- 5,191
- Assignees
- 429
- Inventors
- 3,388
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2025 | 249 | 231 |
| 2026 | 142 | 163 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Replaceable surgical scissor blades for surgical instruments6 Oct 2026US 12,751,734 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Hydro dissection and suction laparoscopic instruments and methods of use6 Oct 2026US 12,751,735 B2
- Tissue monitoring electrosurgical instruments and methods of using the same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,761 B2Standard Bariatrics, Inc.
- Electrosurgical system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,052 B2Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Endoscopic cutting forceps with jaw clamp lever latching mechanism29 Sep 2026US 12,748,452 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Combination ultrasonic and electrosurgical instrument with adjustable energy modalities and method for limiting blade temperature8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306159 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Hf instrument having a jaw part8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306164 A1
- System and method for controlled ultrasonic sealing and cutting1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294464 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Technologies for operating an energy-based surgical instrument based on time-dependent clamp pressure1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294511 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Technologies for operating an energy-based surgical instrument based on a tissue fingerprint1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294512 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrosurgical hemostatic device4,011US 5,403,312 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Hemostatic surgical cutting or stapling instrument3,257US 5,624,452 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1997
- Surgical device for stapling and/or fastening body tissues3,256US 5,389,098 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Electrosurgical stapling device3,188US 5,735,848 AEthicon, Inc. · 1998
- Electrosurgical hemostatic device3,014US 5,810,811 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998