A61B 18/1487
Trocar-like, i.e. devices producing an enlarged transcutaneous opening
Official title: {Trocar-like, i.e. devices producing an enlarged transcutaneous opening}
A61B18/1487 (Trocar-like, i.e. devices producing an enlarged transcutaneous opening) appears on 280 US grants and 315 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 280
- Published applications
- 315
- Assignees
- 110
- Inventors
- 395
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 6 |
| 2002 | 13 | 20 |
| 2003 | 14 | 9 |
| 2004 | 10 | 13 |
| 2005 | 4 | 13 |
| 2006 | 5 | 14 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3 |
| 2008 | 6 | 14 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 10 |
| 2012 | 13 | 9 |
| 2013 | 13 | 15 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12 |
| 2015 | 12 | 13 |
| 2016 | 13 | 17 |
| 2017 | 5 | 11 |
| 2018 | 10 | 11 |
| 2019 | 8 | 19 |
| 2020 | 14 | 17 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16 |
| 2022 | 8 | 10 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 |
| 2024 | 9 | 13 |
| 2025 | 10 | 17 |
| 2026 | 6 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Lung treatment apparatus and method2,136US 6,770,070 B1R. ITA Medical Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Electrosurgical control for a trocar1,759US 5,423,809 AValleylab, Inc. · 1995
- Electrosurgical tubular trocar1,628US 5,221,281 AValleylab, Inc. · 1993
- Retrograde tissue splitter and method1,605US 5,449,355 AValleylab, Inc. · 1995
- Capacitively coupled cordless electrosurgical instrument1,601US 5,951,552 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1999