A61B 2017/00323
Cables or rods
Official title: {Cables or rods}
A61B2017/00323 (Cables or rods) appears on 1,975 US grants and 2,710 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,975
- Published applications
- 2,710
- Assignees
- 539
- Inventors
- 2,908
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 6 |
| 2003 | 0 | 11 |
| 2004 | 2 | 11 |
| 2005 | 7 | 20 |
| 2006 | 6 | 24 |
| 2007 | 3 | 13 |
| 2008 | 5 | 44 |
| 2009 | 5 | 15 |
| 2010 | 9 | 54 |
| 2011 | 17 | 45 |
| 2012 | 20 | 133 |
| 2013 | 53 | 113 |
| 2014 | 69 | 113 |
| 2015 | 103 | 120 |
| 2016 | 105 | 170 |
| 2017 | 114 | 154 |
| 2018 | 116 | 167 |
| 2019 | 154 | 217 |
| 2020 | 154 | 218 |
| 2021 | 161 | 228 |
| 2022 | 180 | 237 |
| 2023 | 176 | 180 |
| 2024 | 200 | 178 |
| 2025 | 171 | 150 |
| 2026 | 105 | 88 |
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
- 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
- Computer-assisted teleoperated surgery systems and methods22 Sep 2026US 12,740,841 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- 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.
- Pre-tensioning pull wires in robotic surgical instruments1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294413 A1Auris Health, Inc.
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