A61B 18/149
Bow shaped or with rotatable body at cantilever end
Official title: {bow shaped or with rotatable body at cantilever end, e.g. for resectoscopes, or coagulating rollers}
A61B18/149 (Bow shaped or with rotatable body at cantilever end) appears on 474 US grants and 441 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 474
- Published applications
- 441
- Assignees
- 132
- Inventors
- 595
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 9 |
| 2002 | 22 | 12 |
| 2003 | 16 | 17 |
| 2004 | 15 | 20 |
| 2005 | 14 | 12 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10 |
| 2007 | 14 | 12 |
| 2008 | 15 | 14 |
| 2009 | 8 | 10 |
| 2010 | 10 | 6 |
| 2011 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11 |
| 2013 | 8 | 7 |
| 2014 | 9 | 30 |
| 2015 | 15 | 15 |
| 2016 | 10 | 16 |
| 2017 | 11 | 21 |
| 2018 | 6 | 22 |
| 2019 | 14 | 23 |
| 2020 | 17 | 38 |
| 2021 | 18 | 24 |
| 2022 | 22 | 33 |
| 2023 | 17 | 18 |
| 2024 | 26 | 27 |
| 2025 | 20 | 16 |
| 2026 | 13 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Electrode unit, treatment system and method for operating electrode unit8 Sep 2026US 12,727,936 B2Olympus Corporation
- Intrauterine morcellation device18 Aug 2026US 12,708,430 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Transcatheter tissue cutting system4 Aug 2026US 12,697,210 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Resectoscope and electrode instrument for a resectoscope7 Jul 2026US 12,672,911 B2Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
- Surgical tool and handheld electrosurgical instrument, and method for recognizing a surgical tool16 Jun 2026US 12,653,641 B2Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
- Catheters and methods for endovascular treatment with electrodes8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306165 A1TVA Medical, Inc.
- Resectoscope valve part for a manually actuatable working element of a resectoscope3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256512 A1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Surgical tool and handheld electrosurgical instrument, and method for recognizing a surgical tool27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248587 A1Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
- Surgical device and methods16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198994 A1Aulea Medical, Inc.
- Hand-held electrosurgical instrument, insulating insert and electrode support for hand-held electrosurgical instrument18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165773 A1Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical tool2,269US 5,395,312 A1995
- Methods and apparatus for surgical cutting2,184US 5,697,909 AArthroCare Corporation · 1997
- Electrosurgical generator method1,979US 6,293,942 B1Gyrus Medical Limited · 2001
- Electrosurgical instrument1,972US 6,491,690 B1Gyrus Medical Limited · 2002
- Electrosurgical generator and system1,907US 6,261,286 B1Gyrus Medical Limited · 2001