A61B 2017/00398
Using powered actuators
Official title: {using powered actuators, e.g. stepper motors, solenoids}
A61B2017/00398 (Using powered actuators) appears on 5,006 US grants and 6,383 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
- Controlling impact direction of surgical impacting tools6 Oct 2026US 12,751,754 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Tool driver with reaction torque sensor for use in robotic surgery6 Oct 2026US 12,751,780 B2Auris Health, Inc.
- Ultrasonic hypotube devices for treatment of CTOs and stenotic lesions29 Sep 2026US 12,746,019 B2Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Apparatus and method of connection of attachments to a holder29 Sep 2026US 12,746,026 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Systems and methods for machine learning control of a surgical device29 Sep 2026US 12,749,583 B2Covidien LP
- Powered stapling device with manual override mechanism8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306096 A1Covidien LP
- Techniques for adaptive control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306097 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Electromechanical Surgical System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306192 A1Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Surgical stapler having a powered handle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294435 A1Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Calibrated power-driven surgical cutting device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294469 A1The Spectranetics Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical stapling instrument having a single lockout mechanism for prevention of firing3,405US 7,380,695 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- 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
- Motor-driven surgical cutting fastening instrument with tactile position feedback3,211US 7,422,139 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