A61B 2017/00327
With actuating members moving in opposite directions
Official title: {with actuating members moving in opposite directions}
A61B2017/00327 (With actuating members moving in opposite directions) appears on 869 US grants and 1,149 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 869
- Published applications
- 1,149
- Assignees
- 219
- Inventors
- 1,318
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 88 | 71 |
| 2024 | 82 | 80 |
| 2025 | 76 | 64 |
| 2026 | 43 | 40 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- 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.
- 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.
- Ultrasonic surgical instrument with articulating end effector having a curved blade1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294465 A1Cilag GmbH International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Articulation assembly for surgical instruments3,515US 5,704,534 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998
- Endoscopic instrument having a torsionally stiff drive shaft for applying fasteners to tissue3,200US 5,433,721 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Surgical apparatus and method2,968US 6,264,086 B12001
- Robotically-controlled cable-based surgical end effectors2,844US 8,800,838 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Selectively orientable implantable fastener cartridge2,602US 8,393,514 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013