A61B 2017/00115
With audible or visual output
Official title: {with audible or visual output}
A61B2017/00115 (With audible or visual output) appears on 3,648 US grants and 4,734 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Medical cutting devices with static components having temperature sensors and related methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306109 A1Innovations 4 Surgery, LLC
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Identification device for surgical instrument3,012US 5,529,235 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1996
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- Surgical stapling instrument with mechanical mechanism for limiting maximum tissue compression2,855US 7,506,791 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009
- Robotically-controlled cable-based surgical end effectors2,844US 8,800,838 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Surgical stapler with timer and feedback display2,698US 7,464,847 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2008