A61B 2017/00477
Coupling
Official title: {Coupling (A61B2017/0046 takes precedence)}
A61B2017/00477 (Coupling) appears on 8,506 US grants and 11,101 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 8,506
- Published applications
- 11,101
- Assignees
- 1,846
- Inventors
- 10,945
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 45 | 76 |
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| 2004 | 46 | 107 |
| 2005 | 50 | 127 |
| 2006 | 64 | 149 |
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| 2008 | 40 | 208 |
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| 2022 | 775 | 834 |
| 2023 | 757 | 724 |
| 2024 | 794 | 693 |
| 2025 | 773 | 817 |
| 2026 | 451 | 512 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods for traction in tissue removal6 Oct 2026US 12,751,706 B2Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Surgical medical instrument and gripping device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,732 B2Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Surgical implant instruments and methods of use6 Oct 2026US 12,751,744 B2Medos International Sarl
- Smoke evacuation tube and telescopic smoke evacuation scalpel6 Oct 2026US 12,751,760 B2Zhejiang Shuyou Surgical Instrument Co., Ltd.
- Surgical system for positioning prosthetic component and/or for constraining movement of surgical tool6 Oct 2026US 12,751,774 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Device for automatically inserting and manipulating a medical tool into and within a bodily lumen8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305918 A1Microbot Medical Ltd.
- Robotic manipulation of a surgical tool handle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305919 A1Microbot Medical Ltd.
- Surgical stapling device with articulating tool assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306099 A1Covidien LP
- Occlusive implant system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306104 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Occlusive implant system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306105 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic surgical tool with ultrasound cauterizing and cutting instrument3,961US 6,783,524 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2004
- Surgical stapling apparatus3,191US 5,865,361 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1999
- Surgical stapling apparatus3,063US 6,241,139 B12001
- Identification device for surgical instrument3,012US 5,529,235 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1996
- Surgical robotic tools, data architecture, and use2,959US 6,331,181 B1Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2001