A61B 2017/0069
With universal joint, cardan joint
Official title: {with universal joint, cardan joint}
A61B2017/0069 (With universal joint, cardan joint) appears on 146 US grants and 186 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 146
- Published applications
- 186
- Assignees
- 66
- Inventors
- 229
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2017 | 10 | 23 |
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| 2020 | 19 | 11 |
| 2021 | 17 | 11 |
| 2022 | 8 | 22 |
| 2023 | 10 | 13 |
| 2024 | 20 | 8 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Continuum instrument and surgical robot1 Sep 2026US 12,721,686 B2Beijing Surgerii Robotics Company Limited
- Method of operating a surgical instrument28 Apr 2026US 12,611,211 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Universal joint assembly for surgical tools10 Mar 2026US 12,571,432 B2Encore Medical, L.P.
- Surgical instruments with differential articulation joint arrangements for accommodating flexible actuators17 Feb 2026US 12,551,214 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Method of using a powered stapling device3 Feb 2026US 12,539,117 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Method of operating a surgical instrument13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232313 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Method of using a powered stapling device29 Jan 2026US 2026/0026804 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical instruments with flexible firing member actuator constraint arrangements27 Nov 2025US 2025/0359867 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Distractor device13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345095 A1Karl Leibinger Asset Management GmbH & Co. KG
- Surgical device16 Oct 2025US 2025/0318840 A1AtriCure, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical cutting instrument with improved closure system2,680US 7,588,176 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009
- Surgical tool having positively positionable tendon-actuated multi-disk wrist joint2,495US 6,817,974 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2004
- Cable driven surgical stapling and cutting instrument with apparatus for preventing inadvertent cable disengagement2,474US 7,510,107 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009
- Surgical stapling and cutting instrument with improved firing system2,320US 7,588,175 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009
- Surgical instrument soft stop2,256US 9,307,986 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016