A61B 2017/00367
Details of actuation of instruments
Official title: {Details of actuation of instruments, e.g. relations between pushing buttons, or the like, and activation of the tool, working tip, or the like}
A61B2017/00367 (Details of actuation of instruments) appears on 8,265 US grants and 10,874 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2026 | 441 | 471 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 2017/00398Using powered actuatorsIndexing code5,006
- A61B 2017/00407Ratchet meansIndexing code1,328
- A61B 2017/00389Button or wheel for performing multiple functionsIndexing code564
- A61B 2017/00411Actuated by application of energy from an energy source outside the bodyIndexing code420
- A61B 2017/00371Multiple actuationIndexing code338
- A61B 2017/00415Having power generation near the working tip of the toolIndexing code73
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- Techniques for adaptive control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306097 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Medical device and treatment method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306106 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
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- Endoscopic surgical system with sensing means3,306US 5,383,880 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Electromechanical driver device for use with anastomosing, stapling, and resecting instruments3,211US 6,443,973 B1Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2002
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