A61B 2017/00017
Electrical control of surgical instruments
Official title: {Electrical control of surgical instruments}
A61B2017/00017 (Electrical control of surgical instruments) appears on 14,552 US grants and 18,855 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 14,552
- Published applications
- 18,855
- Assignees
- 3,510
- Inventors
- 18,951
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 167 | 77 |
| 2002 | 172 | 240 |
| 2003 | 230 | 291 |
| 2004 | 173 | 335 |
| 2005 | 146 | 317 |
| 2006 | 135 | 305 |
| 2007 | 147 | 390 |
| 2008 | 143 | 561 |
| 2009 | 99 | 431 |
| 2010 | 238 | 464 |
| 2011 | 298 | 517 |
| 2012 | 362 | 599 |
| 2013 | 413 | 540 |
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| 2015 | 471 | 756 |
| 2016 | 532 | 784 |
| 2017 | 645 | 977 |
| 2018 | 543 | 983 |
| 2019 | 844 | 1396 |
| 2020 | 887 | 1287 |
| 2021 | 975 | 1344 |
| 2022 | 967 | 1354 |
| 2023 | 1131 | 1271 |
| 2024 | 1222 | 1153 |
| 2025 | 1191 | 1104 |
| 2026 | 688 | 736 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 2017/00022Sensing or detecting at the treatment siteIndexing code7,869
- A61B 2017/00115With audible or visual outputIndexing code3,648
- A61B 2017/00199With a consoleIndexing code2,195
- A61B 2017/00137Details of operation modeIndexing code1,656
- A61B 2017/00221With wireless transmission of dataIndexing code1,625
- A61B 2017/00207With hand gesture control or hand gesture recognitionIndexing code689
- A61B 2017/00203With speech control or speech recognitionIndexing code687
- A61B 2017/00212Using remote controlsIndexing code539
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscopic surgical system with sensing means3,306US 5,383,880 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Surgical device for stapling and/or fastening body tissues3,256US 5,389,098 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Electromechanical driver device for use with anastomosing, stapling, and resecting instruments3,211US 6,443,973 B1Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2002
- Endoscopic instrument having a torsionally stiff drive shaft for applying fasteners to tissue3,200US 5,433,721 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Surgical instrument incorporating EAP blocking lockout mechanism3,093US 7,143,925 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2006