A61B 2017/00743
Type of operation
Official title: {Type of operation; Specification of treatment sites (A61B2017/00238 takes precedence)}
A61B2017/00743 (Type of operation) appears on 6,680 US grants and 9,400 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 466 | 505 |
| 2025 | 401 | 417 |
| 2026 | 229 | 285 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 2017/00818Treatment of the gastro-intestinal systemIndexing code1,715
- A61B 2017/00778Operations on blood vesselsIndexing code1,609
- A61B 2017/00747DermatologyIndexing code1,297
- A61B 2017/00805Treatment of female stress urinary incontinenceIndexing code916
- A61B 2017/00809Lung operationsIndexing code683
- A61B 2017/00792Plastic surgeryIndexing code424
- A61B 2017/00796Breast surgeryIndexing code323
- A61B 2017/00787Surgery of the earIndexing code127
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By later US patents
- Robotic arm DLUs for performing surgical tasks2,751US 6,231,565 B1United States Surgical Corporation · 2001
- Non-invasive treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease2,708US 5,571,116 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1996
- Apparatus and method for resectioning gastro-esophageal tissue2,688US 6,835,199 B2Rex Medical, L. P. · 2004
- Non-invasive apparatus for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease2,452US 5,897,562 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1999
- Stapler device particularly useful in medical suturing2,427US 5,520,700 ATechnion Research & Development Foundation Limited · 1996