A61B 2017/00331
With preformed bends
Official title: {with preformed bends}
A61B2017/00331 (With preformed bends) appears on 458 US grants and 668 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 458
- Published applications
- 668
- Assignees
- 229
- Inventors
- 944
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 14 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 11 |
| 2008 | 4 | 25 |
| 2009 | 2 | 21 |
| 2010 | 10 | 18 |
| 2011 | 9 | 28 |
| 2012 | 9 | 20 |
| 2013 | 18 | 34 |
| 2014 | 17 | 44 |
| 2015 | 23 | 42 |
| 2016 | 34 | 46 |
| 2017 | 25 | 36 |
| 2018 | 34 | 33 |
| 2019 | 33 | 42 |
| 2020 | 34 | 45 |
| 2021 | 37 | 41 |
| 2022 | 29 | 30 |
| 2023 | 27 | 31 |
| 2024 | 42 | 40 |
| 2025 | 29 | 35 |
| 2026 | 9 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Cautery puncture needle11 Aug 2026US 12,702,472 B2Fukuda Denshi Co., Ltd.
- Endoscopic system with attached instruments16 Jun 2026US 12,653,379 B2American Endoscopic Innovations, LLC
- Tools for creating a vertebral tunnel for use in RF ablation and methods of making and using9 Jun 2026US 12,648,780 B2Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
- Methods of treating a vertebral body2 Jun 2026US 12,642,555 B2Relievant Medsystems, Inc.
- Uterine fibroid tissue removal device5 May 2026US 12,616,494 B2Hologic, Inc.
- Tissue perforation systems13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232340 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Medical systems and devices having an articulable external channel and related methods of use30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215664 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Side-looking expandable frame and device for steering interventional devices30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216481 A1Magellan Biomedical Inc.
- Positioning Needle23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207182 A1Stichting Radboud universitair medisch centrum
- Apparatus and method for septal penetration9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191583 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flexible instrument2,033US 7,090,683 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2006
- Methods and apparatus for bypassing arterial obstructions and/or performing other transvascular procedures1,703US 6,190,353 B1TransVascular, Inc. · 2001
- Bipolar radio-frequency surgical instrument1,608US 5,441,499 ADekna elektro-u. medizinische Apparatebau Gesellschaft mbH · 1995
- Flexible instrument1,588US 7,371,210 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical instrument1,559US 6,843,793 B2endoVia Medical, Inc. · 2005