A61B 2017/00292
Mounted on or guided by flexible
Official title: {mounted on or guided by flexible, e.g. catheter-like, means}
A61B2017/00292 (Mounted on or guided by flexible) appears on 8,065 US grants and 10,730 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 8,065
- Published applications
- 10,730
- Assignees
- 1,959
- Inventors
- 10,700
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 116 | 0 |
| 2001 | 112 | 48 |
| 2002 | 85 | 139 |
| 2003 | 98 | 146 |
| 2004 | 92 | 159 |
| 2005 | 64 | 161 |
| 2006 | 84 | 198 |
| 2007 | 60 | 244 |
| 2008 | 64 | 298 |
| 2009 | 51 | 287 |
| 2010 | 145 | 311 |
| 2011 | 170 | 300 |
| 2012 | 234 | 386 |
| 2013 | 283 | 394 |
| 2014 | 322 | 432 |
| 2015 | 349 | 455 |
| 2016 | 358 | 561 |
| 2017 | 376 | 553 |
| 2018 | 400 | 544 |
| 2019 | 465 | 681 |
| 2020 | 510 | 684 |
| 2021 | 511 | 738 |
| 2022 | 504 | 666 |
| 2023 | 515 | 597 |
| 2024 | 647 | 676 |
| 2025 | 578 | 643 |
| 2026 | 385 | 429 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,751,703 B2Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Steerable medical device, handle for a medical device, and method for operating a medical device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,081 B2Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Devices and methods of visualizing and determining depth of penetration in cardiac tissue29 Sep 2026US 12,745,999 B2Ancora Heart, Inc.
- Ultrasonic hypotube devices for treatment of CTOs and stenotic lesions29 Sep 2026US 12,746,019 B2Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Medical device handle assemblies and methods of using the same29 Sep 2026US 12,746,025 B2Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Four-Degrees-of-Freedom Interventional Handle Component8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306082 A1Shenzhen Cardioacc Ltd
- Orbital Atherectomy Device with Exchangeable Burr System and Methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306127 A1Angiomed GmbH & Co. Medizintechnik KG
- Systems and methods for endoluminal valve creation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306131 A1InterVene, Inc.
- Electromechanical Surgical System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306192 A1Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Anatomical measurement in a surgical system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306208 A1Auris Health, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Articulation assembly for surgical instruments3,515US 5,704,534 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998
- Surgical stapling and cutting device3,391US 7,404,508 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical instrument3,312US 5,632,432 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1997
- Articulating surgical stapling instrument incorporating a two-piece E-beam firing mechanism3,243US 7,380,696 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Electromechanical driver device for use with anastomosing, stapling, and resecting instruments3,211US 6,443,973 B1Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2002