A61B 2017/00809
Lung operations
Official title: {Lung operations}
A61B2017/00809 (Lung operations) appears on 683 US grants and 1,040 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 683
- Published applications
- 1,040
- Assignees
- 145
- Inventors
- 935
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0 | 7 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 12 |
| 2006 | 0 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 9 |
| 2009 | 1 | 32 |
| 2010 | 4 | 11 |
| 2011 | 10 | 14 |
| 2012 | 14 | 19 |
| 2013 | 16 | 24 |
| 2014 | 18 | 23 |
| 2015 | 10 | 32 |
| 2016 | 11 | 29 |
| 2017 | 18 | 41 |
| 2018 | 22 | 46 |
| 2019 | 35 | 114 |
| 2020 | 51 | 93 |
| 2021 | 54 | 109 |
| 2022 | 61 | 100 |
| 2023 | 94 | 106 |
| 2024 | 104 | 99 |
| 2025 | 96 | 65 |
| 2026 | 54 | 37 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for fault reaction mechanisms for medical robotic systems6 Oct 2026US 12,751,772 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Methods and systems for instrument tracking and navigation within luminal networks8 Sep 2026US 12,727,950 B2Auris Health, Inc.
- Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for non-rigid registration of electromagnetic navigation space to CT volume25 Aug 2026US 12,714,329 B2Covidien LP
- Valved devices, treatments and methods to restore tissue elastic recoil18 Aug 2026US 12,708,515 B2Free Flow Medical, Inc.
- Articulating suturing device11 Aug 2026US 12,702,396 B2Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
- Skeleton model instrument localization1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294268 A1Auris Health, Inc.
- Barbed guide wire for treatment of plastic bronchitis1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294450 A1Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University
- Method of employing a medical apparatus with translatable imaging device for real-time confirmation of interception of target tissue24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283593 A1Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Medical robotics systems implementing axis constraints during actuation of one or more motorized joints3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256532 A1Auris Health, Inc.
- System and method for planning surgical resection of lesions by a linear cutting stapler13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232381 A1Edda Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Active cannula for bio-sensing and surgical intervention1,052US 8,152,756 B2The Johns Hopkins University · 2012
- Systems for adjusting end effector parameters based on perioperative information923US 10,595,887 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2020
- Inducing tissue adhesions using surgical adjuncts and medicants825US 10,245,034 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2019
- Method and assembly for lung volume reduction597US 6,599,311 B1Broncus Technologies, Inc. · 2003
- Method for circular stapler control algorithm adjustment based on situational awareness580US 11,109,866 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2021