A61B 2017/00314
Separate linked members
Official title: {Separate linked members}
A61B2017/00314 (Separate linked members) appears on 1,199 US grants and 1,588 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,199
- Published applications
- 1,588
- Assignees
- 298
- Inventors
- 1,659
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 7 | 7 |
| 2005 | 2 | 7 |
| 2006 | 2 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 11 |
| 2008 | 2 | 40 |
| 2009 | 2 | 8 |
| 2010 | 6 | 12 |
| 2011 | 9 | 24 |
| 2012 | 13 | 92 |
| 2013 | 21 | 64 |
| 2014 | 42 | 75 |
| 2015 | 69 | 72 |
| 2016 | 70 | 100 |
| 2017 | 70 | 101 |
| 2018 | 65 | 106 |
| 2019 | 91 | 116 |
| 2020 | 94 | 122 |
| 2021 | 91 | 127 |
| 2022 | 96 | 164 |
| 2023 | 110 | 84 |
| 2024 | 140 | 96 |
| 2025 | 102 | 91 |
| 2026 | 59 | 49 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,751,703 B2Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Medical device handle assemblies and methods of using the same29 Sep 2026US 12,746,025 B2Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Method of operating an articulating ultrasonic surgical instrument22 Sep 2026US 12,740,801 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Computer-assisted teleoperated surgery systems and methods22 Sep 2026US 12,740,841 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Stiffness-reinforced surgical system and control method thereof15 Sep 2026US 12,733,918 B2Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- Ultrasonic surgical instrument with articulating end effector having a curved blade1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294465 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Catheter with composite construction24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283687 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Medical instrument wrist with cable routing24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283730 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Wrist architecture17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272458 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Tools for spinal surgery27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248621 A1Spinal Surgical Strategies, Inc., a Nevada corporation d/b/a Kleiner Device Labs
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscopic instrument having a torsionally stiff drive shaft for applying fasteners to tissue3,200US 5,433,721 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Intravascular stapler, and method of operating same2,980US 5,042,707 A1991
- Surgical apparatus and method2,968US 6,264,086 B12001
- Selectively orientable implantable fastener cartridge2,602US 8,393,514 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Flexible surgical stapler assembly2,572US 4,671,445 ABaxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. · 1987