A61B 2017/00336
With a protective sleeve
Official title: {with a protective sleeve, e.g. retractable or slidable}
A61B2017/00336 (With a protective sleeve) appears on 675 US grants and 975 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 975
- Assignees
- 308
- Inventors
- 1,466
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Endoscopic surgical tool8 Sep 2026US 12,727,906 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Systems, devices, and methods for ablation and defunctionalization of a gallbladder8 Sep 2026US 12,727,930 B2Ictero Medical, Inc.
- Systems and methods for safe operation of a device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,499 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
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- Methods and systems for treating one or more metabolic conditions of a patient1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294527 A1Fractyl Health, Inc.
- Rotary debulking atherectomy device with a crossing balloon24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283641 A1Cordis US Corp.
- Medical dilator, and systems, methods, and kits for medical dilation17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272538 A1Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods thereof10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263099 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
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