A61B 2017/003
Steerable
Official title: {Steerable}
A61B2017/003 (Steerable) appears on 5,390 US grants and 6,965 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 5,390
- Published applications
- 6,965
- Assignees
- 1,325
- Inventors
- 7,124
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 27 | 0 |
| 1996 | 32 | 0 |
| 1997 | 47 | 0 |
| 1998 | 63 | 0 |
| 1999 | 79 | 0 |
| 2000 | 84 | 0 |
| 2001 | 81 | 27 |
| 2002 | 48 | 76 |
| 2003 | 63 | 104 |
| 2004 | 59 | 111 |
| 2005 | 45 | 104 |
| 2006 | 50 | 116 |
| 2007 | 40 | 160 |
| 2008 | 52 | 217 |
| 2009 | 37 | 172 |
| 2010 | 88 | 214 |
| 2011 | 109 | 208 |
| 2012 | 154 | 287 |
| 2013 | 201 | 289 |
| 2014 | 223 | 323 |
| 2015 | 261 | 311 |
| 2016 | 260 | 378 |
| 2017 | 273 | 391 |
| 2018 | 277 | 367 |
| 2019 | 340 | 475 |
| 2020 | 353 | 434 |
| 2021 | 345 | 470 |
| 2022 | 350 | 423 |
| 2023 | 339 | 350 |
| 2024 | 412 | 372 |
| 2025 | 351 | 368 |
| 2026 | 207 | 218 |
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
- 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
- Controllable expandable catheter29 Sep 2026US 12,746,365 B2St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- 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
- Electromechanical Surgical System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306192 A1Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Bending control handle and interventional system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306795 A1Shanghai Microport Cardioflow Medtech Co., Ltd.
- Steerable member and system and methods of making and using same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306796 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, 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