A61B 2017/00526
Methods of manufacturing
Official title: {Methods of manufacturing}
A61B2017/00526 (Methods of manufacturing) appears on 4,709 US grants and 6,567 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 6,567
- Assignees
- 1,567
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 350 | 336 |
| 2026 | 229 | 269 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Customized patient-specific orthopaedic surgical instrument using patient-specific contacting bodies and parametric fixed geometry6 Oct 2026US 12,751,768 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Occluder with stretchable waist29 Sep 2026US 12,745,994 B2Occlutech GmbH
- Clot retrieval system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,022 B2Vesalio, Inc.
- Needle bending device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,592 B2Precision Bend LLC
- Clip applier having stabilizing member22 Sep 2026US 12,740,784 B2Teleflex Medical Incorporated
- Left atrial appendage closure implant8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306102 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Combination ultrasonic and electrosurgical instrument with adjustable energy modalities and method for limiting blade temperature8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306159 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Endoscopic suturing device with needle loader1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294427 A1
- Material combinations and processing methods for a surgical instrument1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294432 A1Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Components of surgical stapling instruments and methods for manufacturing the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294434 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical stapler instrument3,334US 5,465,895 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1995
- Selectively orientable implantable fastener cartridge2,602US 8,393,514 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Surgical stapler anvil with nested staple forming pockets2,439US 6,953,138 B12005
- Surgical stapling systems and staple cartridges for deploying surgical staples with tissue compression features2,424US 7,604,151 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009
- Surgical stapler instrument2,422US 5,662,258 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1997