A61B 2017/00265
Hand assisted surgery, i.e. minimally invasive surgery with at least part of
Official title: {Hand assisted surgery, i.e. minimally invasive surgery with at least part of an assisting hand inside the body}
A61B2017/00265 (Hand assisted surgery, i.e. minimally invasive surgery with at least part of) appears on 100 US grants and 135 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 6 Jan 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Medical device, method and system thereof24 Oct 2023US 11,793,547 B2
- Instruments and methods for the implantation of cell-seeded ultra-thin substrates25 Oct 2022US 11,478,272 B2University of Southern California
- Surgical access device comprising internal retractor22 Mar 2022US 11,278,271 B2Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Anchoring device with finger securing protrusions and method for insertion thereof9 Oct 2025US 2025/0312026 A1Femselect Ltd.
- Surgical access device comprising internal retractor29 May 2025US 2025/0169810 A1Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Medical device, method and system thereof15 Feb 2024US 2024/0050125 A1Southwest Gynmed, LLC
- Medical device, method and system thereof16 Feb 2023US 2023/0046038 A1Southwest Gynmed, LLC
- Instruments and Methods for the Implantation of Cell-Seeded Ultra-thin Substrates19 Jan 2023US 2023/0017116 A1University of Southern California
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems, methods, and instruments for minimally invasive surgery1,701US 6,159,200 ASmith & Nephew, Inc. · 2000
- Systems methods and instruments for minimally invasive surgery1,626US 6,165,184 ASmith & Nephew, Inc. · 2000
- Sealed surgical access device1,497US 7,052,454 B2Applied Medical Resources Corporation · 2006
- Accessories for minimally invasive robotic surgery and methods1,423US 6,309,397 B1Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2001
- Retractor1,392US 6,254,534 B1Atropos Limited · 2001