A61B 2017/00119
Alarm
Official title: {alarm; indicating an abnormal situation}
A61B2017/00119 (Alarm) appears on 1,955 US grants and 2,542 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,955
- Published applications
- 2,542
- Assignees
- 591
- Inventors
- 3,005
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 12 | 16 |
| 2003 | 12 | 11 |
| 2004 | 14 | 21 |
| 2005 | 6 | 15 |
| 2006 | 6 | 17 |
| 2007 | 16 | 45 |
| 2008 | 6 | 37 |
| 2009 | 5 | 36 |
| 2010 | 19 | 28 |
| 2011 | 25 | 45 |
| 2012 | 36 | 50 |
| 2013 | 26 | 53 |
| 2014 | 48 | 98 |
| 2015 | 45 | 87 |
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| 2017 | 79 | 156 |
| 2018 | 74 | 110 |
| 2019 | 92 | 270 |
| 2020 | 120 | 213 |
| 2021 | 160 | 247 |
| 2022 | 173 | 251 |
| 2023 | 213 | 186 |
| 2024 | 232 | 182 |
| 2025 | 227 | 165 |
| 2026 | 110 | 106 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for fault reaction mechanisms for medical robotic systems6 Oct 2026US 12,751,772 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Tool driver with reaction torque sensor for use in robotic surgery6 Oct 2026US 12,751,780 B2Auris Health, Inc.
- Power control circuit for powered surgical stapler22 Sep 2026US 12,740,786 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Medical devices and methods for penetrating an anatomical structure based on sensed electrical characteristics22 Sep 2026US 12,740,789 B2Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Feedback algorithms for manual bailout systems for surgical instruments15 Sep 2026US 12,733,931 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Systems and methods for medical procedures using optical coherence tomography sensing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305944 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Medical cutting devices with static components having temperature sensors and related methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306109 A1Innovations 4 Surgery, LLC
- Efficient and interactive bleeding detection in a surgical system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294208 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Pressure sensing self-retaining retractor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294419 A1Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Method for controlling a therapeutic ultrasonic interventional system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294452 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instrument having a feedback system2,578US 8,708,213 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Surgical instruments employing sensors2,293US 7,717,312 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2010
- Surgical instrument soft stop2,256US 9,307,986 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Surgical instruments employing sensors2,209US 8,002,795 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2011
- Surgical stapler having haptic feedback2,183US 8,523,043 B2Immersion Corporation · 2013