A61B 2017/00345
Micromachines, nanomachines, microsystems
Official title: {Micromachines, nanomachines, microsystems}
A61B2017/00345 (Micromachines, nanomachines, microsystems) appears on 256 US grants and 348 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 348
- Assignees
- 156
- Inventors
- 667
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Robotic surgical assembly25 Aug 2026US 12,714,523 B2Medical Microinstruments, Inc.
- Microrobot and microrobot system18 Aug 2026US 12,708,460 B2Iucf-Hyu (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
- Surgical illumination system14 Jul 2026US 12,678,259 B2Katalyst Surgical, LLC
- Method for synchronizing movement control and location recognition for micro-robot by using bed-integrated electromagnetic field apparatus30 Jun 2026US 12,667,429 B2Korea Institute of Medical Microrobotics
- Catheter system28 Apr 2026US 12,611,521 B2Iucf-Hyu (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
- Catheter system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256479 A1Iucf-Hyu (Industry-University Cooperation Founation Hanyang University)
- Nose dive microrobot30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215859 A1Robeaute
- Resonating system - the limp23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208841 A1Robeaute
- Coiled device9 Jul 2026US 2026/0196392 A1Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur FöRderung Der Wissenschaften E. V.
- Microinvasive surgery device30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114858 A1University of Basel
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems, methods, and instruments for minimally invasive surgery1,701US 6,159,200 ASmith & Nephew, Inc. · 2000
- Systems methods and instruments for minimally invasive surgery1,626US 6,165,184 ASmith & Nephew, Inc. · 2000
- Electronically activated capture device1,383US 7,063,671 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · 2006
- Micro tools1,106US 7,331,969 B1Micromuscle AB · 2008
- Hand held surgical handle assembly, surgical adapters for use between surgical handle assembly and surgical loading units, and methods of use1,090US 9,868,198 B2Covidien LP · 2018