A61B 2017/00022
Sensing or detecting at the treatment site
Official title: {Sensing or detecting at the treatment site}
A61B2017/00022 (Sensing or detecting at the treatment site) appears on 7,869 US grants and 9,895 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 7,869
- Published applications
- 9,895
- Assignees
- 2,227
- Inventors
- 10,814
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 168 | 204 |
| 2004 | 129 | 246 |
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| 2019 | 413 | 757 |
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| 2021 | 470 | 602 |
| 2022 | 481 | 639 |
| 2023 | 514 | 573 |
| 2024 | 551 | 503 |
| 2025 | 560 | 477 |
| 2026 | 312 | 351 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 2017/00084TemperatureIndexing code2,578
- A61B 2017/00026Conductivity or impedanceIndexing code1,727
- A61B 2017/00039Electric or electromagnetic phenomena other than conductivityIndexing code1,716
- A61B 2017/00057LightIndexing code1,414
- A61B 2017/00106UltrasonicIndexing code1,054
- A61B 2017/00075MotionIndexing code638
- A61B 2017/00079RadioactivityIndexing code17
Recent patents
- Cranial drill with automatic stop and associated systems and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,725 B2Hubly Inc.
- Computer-aided vacuum thrombectomy systems and methods for estimating therapeutic benefit6 Oct 2026US 12,751,729 B1Penumbra, Inc.
- Energy treatment apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,751,733 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Cervical control systems and cervical control devices6 Oct 2026US 12,751,738 B2Novocuff, Inc.
- Systems and methods for fault reaction mechanisms for medical robotic systems6 Oct 2026US 12,751,772 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Medical cutting devices with static components having temperature sensors and related methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306109 A1Innovations 4 Surgery, LLC
- Systems and methods for navigated reaming of the acetabulum8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306111 A1Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Surgical Tool With Proximally Mounted Camera For Use With Cannulas8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306132 A1Viseon, Inc.
- System and method for fixation of implantable sensors8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306140 A1The Johns Hopkins University
- Combination ultrasonic and electrosurgical instrument with adjustable energy modalities and method for limiting blade temperature8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306159 A1Cilag GmbH International
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
- Combined dissecting, cauterizing, and stapling device3,025US 6,602,252 B2Starion Instruments Corporation · 2003