A61B 2017/00318
Steering mechanisms
Official title: {Steering mechanisms}
A61B2017/00318 (Steering mechanisms) appears on 2,629 US grants and 3,626 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,629
- Published applications
- 3,626
- Assignees
- 742
- Inventors
- 3,922
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 123 | 109 |
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
- 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.
- Method of operating an articulating ultrasonic surgical instrument22 Sep 2026US 12,740,801 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Four-Degrees-of-Freedom Interventional Handle Component8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306082 A1Shenzhen Cardioacc Ltd
- 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.
- Medical stapler and medical system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294411 A1Olympus Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Articulation assembly for surgical instruments3,515US 5,704,534 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998
- Electromechanical driver device for use with anastomosing, stapling, and resecting instruments3,211US 6,443,973 B1Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2002
- 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