A61B 2017/00393
With means for switching between functions
Official title: {with means for switching between functions}
A61B2017/00393 (With means for switching between functions) appears on 309 US grants and 363 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 309
- Published applications
- 363
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 300
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2013 | 2 | 8 |
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| 2015 | 8 | 11 |
| 2016 | 15 | 35 |
| 2017 | 33 | 32 |
| 2018 | 14 | 32 |
| 2019 | 34 | 77 |
| 2020 | 37 | 35 |
| 2021 | 46 | 23 |
| 2022 | 35 | 17 |
| 2023 | 35 | 20 |
| 2024 | 24 | 9 |
| 2025 | 15 | 10 |
| 2026 | 4 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Powered surgical devices including predictive motor control18 Aug 2026US 12,708,361 B2Covidien LP
- Mesh basket device capable of measuring the size of stones20 Jan 2026US 12,527,590 B2Innovex Medical Co., Ltd.
- Deployment mechanism for surgical instruments20 Jan 2026US 12,527,617 B2Covidien LP
- Clip applier comprising interchangeable clip reloads6 Jan 2026US 12,514,584 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Systems, apparatus and methods for passing suture through soft tissue9 Dec 2025US 12,490,973 B2Passer Stitch, LLC
- Handles for medical devices, medical devices, methods for operating medical devices30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215797 A1Hainan Junleming Pharmaceutical Technology Development Co., Ltd.
- Microinvasive surgery device30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114858 A1University of Basel
- Stapling systems and methods for surgical devices and end effectors5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060679 A1Standard Bariatrics, Inc.
- Electronic display providing position of a firing driver through a retraction stroke15 Jan 2026US 2026/0013855 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical instrument with temperature based control adjustment1 Jan 2026US 2026/0000396 A1Cilag GmbH International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscopic instrument having a torsionally stiff drive shaft for applying fasteners to tissue3,200US 5,433,721 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Surgical instrument soft stop2,256US 9,307,986 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Rotary powered surgical instruments with multiple degrees of freedom2,016US 9,398,911 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Drive train control arrangements for modular surgical instruments1,858US 9,351,727 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Control arrangements for a drive member of a surgical instrument1,849US 9,332,987 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016