A61B 2017/00787
Surgery of the ear
Official title: {Surgery of the ear}
A61B2017/00787 (Surgery of the ear) appears on 127 US grants and 136 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 127
- Published applications
- 136
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 239
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for treating hearing loss23 Jun 2026US 12,663,629 B2Spiral Therapeutics Inc.
- Systems and methods of performing transcanal ear surgery24 Mar 2026US 12,582,555 B2Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
- Visualization devices, systems, and methods for otology and other uses14 Oct 2025US 12,443,020 B2Spiral Therapeutics Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for otology15 Jul 2025US 12,360,350 B2Spiral Therapeutics Inc.
- Modular implant delivery and positioning system27 May 2025US 12,311,173 B2IotaMotion, Inc.
- Surgical gouge assembly26 Feb 2026US 2026/0053507 A1Northwestern University
- Shockwave catheters for treating rhinosinusitis7 Aug 2025US 2025/0248716 A1Shockwave Medical, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for otology26 Jun 2025US 2025/0208395 A1Spiral Therapeutics Inc.
- Minimally-invasive tools and methods for accessing the middle and inner ear through the tympanic membrane27 Feb 2025US 2025/0067966 A1Spiral Therapeutics Inc.
- Articulable otologic suction tube and suction tube system6 Feb 2025US 2025/0041122 A1Alcon Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Inner ear fluid transfer and diagnostic system219US 6,045,528 AIntraEar, Inc. · 2000
- Apparatus and methods for directly displacing the partition between the middle ear and inner ear at an infrasonic frequency179US 7,179,238 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc. · 2007
- Implantable positioning and fixing system for actuator and sensor implants162US 5,788,711 AImplex GmgH Spezialhorgerate · 1998
- Method and apparatus for patient positioning for radiation therapy159US 5,622,187 ANomos Corporation · 1997
- Specimen collection and test unit156US 4,707,450 A1987