A61B 2017/00225
Systems for controlling multiple different instruments
Official title: {Systems for controlling multiple different instruments, e.g. microsurgical systems}
A61B2017/00225 (Systems for controlling multiple different instruments) appears on 349 US grants and 515 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 515
- Assignees
- 112
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- 580
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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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
- Device and method for assisting laparoscopic surgery—rule based approach18 Aug 2026US 12,708,350 B2KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Multi-panel graphical user interface for a robotic surgical system18 Aug 2026US 12,708,458 B2Auris Health, Inc.
- Adaptive control program updates for surgical hubs11 Aug 2026US 12,702,497 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Method of hub communication with surgical instrument systems16 Jun 2026US 12,653,628 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Aggregation and reporting of surgical hub data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306129 A1
- Systems and methods for identification, mode-setting, and/or tracking of surgical instruments27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248491 A1Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Real Time Bur Chatter Compensation In Surgical Cutting Burs27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254109 A1Stryker Corporation
- Method for constructing and using a modular surgical energy system with multiple devices6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224264 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Staged force feedback transitioning between control states6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224321 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- User interfaces for electrosurgical tools in robotic surgical systems1,715US 8,418,073 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2013
- Modular powered surgical instrument with detachable shaft assemblies1,623US 9,743,929 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Feedback algorithms for manual bailout systems for surgical instruments1,521US 10,028,761 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2018
- Surgical stapling instrument system1,519US 9,750,499 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Interface systems for use with surgical instruments1,509US 10,004,497 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2018