A61B 2017/00123
And automatic shutdown
Official title: {and automatic shutdown}
A61B2017/00123 (And automatic shutdown) appears on 699 US grants and 865 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 699
- Published applications
- 865
- Assignees
- 214
- Inventors
- 992
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 4 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2 | 9 |
| 2007 | 6 | 21 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 1 | 8 |
| 2010 | 7 | 12 |
| 2011 | 11 | 18 |
| 2012 | 12 | 13 |
| 2013 | 7 | 19 |
| 2014 | 19 | 41 |
| 2015 | 12 | 46 |
| 2016 | 22 | 43 |
| 2017 | 35 | 77 |
| 2018 | 38 | 41 |
| 2019 | 40 | 89 |
| 2020 | 38 | 72 |
| 2021 | 56 | 95 |
| 2022 | 59 | 48 |
| 2023 | 80 | 68 |
| 2024 | 77 | 46 |
| 2025 | 60 | 52 |
| 2026 | 33 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Feedback algorithms for manual bailout systems for surgical instruments15 Sep 2026US 12,733,931 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Failure detection and sensor based control in a motorized bone fixation device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,916 B2Synthes GmbH
- Surgical instrument with motor disengagement in response to excess torque25 Aug 2026US 12,714,531 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Power pack for activating surgical instruments and providing user feedback18 Aug 2026US 12,708,363 B2RevMedica, Inc.
- Electrical analyzer assembly for intravascular lithotripsy device18 Aug 2026US 12,708,442 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Medical cutting devices with static components having temperature sensors and related methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306109 A1Innovations 4 Surgery, LLC
- Method for controlling a therapeutic ultrasonic interventional system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294452 A1
- End Effectors And Methods For Driving Tools Guided By Surgical Robotic Systems1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294559 A1MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Electrosurgical system, electrosurgical instrument and electrosurgical generator17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279560 A1Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
- Systems and methods for embolizing blood vessels10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263074 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instrument soft stop2,256US 9,307,986 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Surgical stapling apparatus2,096US 8,360,299 B2Covidien LP · 2013
- Device and method for controlling compression of tissue2,087US 8,012,170 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2011
- Rotary powered surgical instruments with multiple degrees of freedom2,016US 9,398,911 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Apparatus and method for altering generator functions in an ultrasonic surgical system1,956US 6,908,472 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2005