A61B 2017/00469
For insertion of instruments
Official title: {for insertion of instruments, e.g. guide wire, optical fibre}
A61B2017/00469 (For insertion of instruments) appears on 536 US grants and 628 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical stapling device2,457US 7,168,604 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2007
- Hemostatic implant introducer1,711US 5,290,310 AHowmedica, Inc. · 1994
- Surgical instrument guide device1,574US 7,842,028 B2Cambridge Endoscopic Devices, Inc. · 2010
- Reinforced battery for a surgical instrument1,484US 9,931,118 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2018
- Guidewire exchange systems to treat spinal stenosis1,451US 8,257,356 B2Baxano, Inc. · 2012