A61B 2017/00389
Button or wheel for performing multiple functions
Official title: {Button or wheel for performing multiple functions, e.g. rotation of shaft and end effector}
A61B2017/00389 (Button or wheel for performing multiple functions) appears on 564 US grants and 662 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method of connection of attachments to a holder29 Sep 2026US 12,746,026 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Powered surgical devices including predictive motor control18 Aug 2026US 12,708,361 B2Covidien LP
- Apparatus and method for sealing a vascular puncture11 Aug 2026US 12,702,397 B2Access Closure, Inc.
- Suturing device16 Jun 2026US 12,653,524 B2Ergosurgical Group Corp.
- Atherectomy system with anterograde and retrograde ablation5 May 2026US 12,616,496 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Suturing device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306094 A1Ergosurgical Group Corp.
- Method of operating a surgical instrument13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232313 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Handles for medical devices, medical devices, methods for operating medical devices30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215797 A1Hainan Junleming Pharmaceutical Technology Development Co., Ltd.
- Adjustable heart valve implant11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157757 A1
- Treatment tool for endoscope and endoscope system14 May 2026US 2026/0130682 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical stapling and cutting device3,391US 7,404,508 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Endoscopic instrument having a torsionally stiff drive shaft for applying fasteners to tissue3,200US 5,433,721 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Surgical stapling and cutting device with dual actuating control knob2,424US 7,419,080 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical instrument soft stop2,256US 9,307,986 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Surgical stapling and cutting device and method for using the device2,214US 8,579,176 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013