A61B 2017/00796
Breast surgery
Official title: {Breast surgery}
A61B2017/00796 (Breast surgery) appears on 323 US grants and 468 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 323
- Published applications
- 468
- Assignees
- 129
- Inventors
- 526
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 9 |
| 2005 | 4 | 12 |
| 2006 | 3 | 18 |
| 2007 | 1 | 18 |
| 2008 | 6 | 32 |
| 2009 | 6 | 19 |
| 2010 | 17 | 20 |
| 2011 | 17 | 18 |
| 2012 | 16 | 13 |
| 2013 | 8 | 23 |
| 2014 | 14 | 12 |
| 2015 | 12 | 27 |
| 2016 | 15 | 23 |
| 2017 | 17 | 25 |
| 2018 | 15 | 17 |
| 2019 | 22 | 38 |
| 2020 | 17 | 32 |
| 2021 | 30 | 23 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 |
| 2023 | 21 | 20 |
| 2024 | 15 | 19 |
| 2025 | 17 | 11 |
| 2026 | 6 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Delivery sleeve19 May 2026US 12,629,243 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Tissue expanders having fill port assemblies and drain port assemblies that are isolated from one another for preventing cross-contamination of fluids28 Apr 2026US 12,611,282 B2Mentor Worldwide LLC
- System and method for a tissue resection margin measurement device10 Feb 2026US 12,544,105 B2Navigation Sciences, Inc.
- Systems, devices and methods for aspirating fluids that collect around tissue expanders that are implanted in breast tissue10 Feb 2026US 12,544,176 B2Mentor Worldwide LLC
- System for a tissue resection margin measurement device20 Jan 2026US 12,527,599 B2Navigation Sciences, Inc.
- Introducer devices and methods of use thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294475 A1Establishment Labs S A
- Biopsy site marker24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283740 A1Hologic, Inc.
- Surgical tools and methods for their use21 May 2026US 2026/0137503 A1Lipocosm, LLC
- External vacuum expander with non-adhesive rim19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076422 A1Lipocosm, LLC
- Systems and methods for tissue retention12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041546 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Integrated handle assembly for anchor delivery system1,529US 7,905,889 B2NeoTract, Inc. · 2011
- Devices, systems and methods for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia and other conditions1,207US 7,758,594 B2NeoTract, Inc. · 2010
- Device for accurately marking tissue531US 6,405,733 B12002
- Methods and devices for collection of soft tissue417US 5,810,806 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998
- MRI biopsy device372US 7,708,751 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010