A61B 2010/0208
Biopsy devices with actuators
Official title: {Biopsy devices with actuators, e.g. with triggered spring mechanisms}
A61B2010/0208 (Biopsy devices with actuators) appears on 1,068 US grants and 1,374 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,068
- Published applications
- 1,374
- Assignees
- 350
- Inventors
- 1,658
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 36 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Mammography apparatus, control device, and program6 Oct 2026US 12,751,700 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Needle guide device for biopsy22 Sep 2026US 12,740,773 B2Medical Park Co., Ltd.
- Biopsy system and biopsy driver use for therewith11 Aug 2026US 12,702,389 B2Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods using a steerable stylet and flexible needle4 Aug 2026US 12,697,104 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Core needle biopsy device4 Aug 2026US 12,697,106 B2Irnovate Pte Ltd
- Self-contained shave biopsy collection and storage device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306079 A1ClickPath Biopsy Solutions, Inc.
- A device for extracting a material8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306081 A1Stichting Radboud universitair medisch centrum
- Mri-compatible biopsy robot1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294405 A1Promaxo, Inc.
- Single action full core biopsy device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294407 A1RLS Interventional, Inc.
- Core needle biopsy device for collecting multiple samples in a single insertion1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294408 A1Devicor Medical Products, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electro-mechanical surgical device2,708US 7,032,798 B2Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2006
- Electro-mechanical surgical device2,468US 6,846,308 B2Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2005
- Electro-mechanical surgical device2,366US 6,793,652 B1Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2004
- Electro-mechanical surgical device2,324US 6,981,941 B2Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2006
- Control apparatus for an automated surgical biopsy device2,173US 6,086,544 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2000