A61B 2017/0084
Low friction
Official title: {low friction (A61B2017/00853 takes precedence)}
A61B2017/0084 (Low friction) appears on 779 US grants and 982 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 779
- Published applications
- 982
- Assignees
- 369
- Inventors
- 1,561
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 56 | 42 |
| 2025 | 52 | 55 |
| 2026 | 33 | 43 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cervical control systems and cervical control devices6 Oct 2026US 12,751,738 B2Novocuff, Inc.
- Ultrasound treatment tool29 Sep 2026US 12,746,029 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Bearing assembly of a swash plate in a steering gear component and surgical instrument8 Sep 2026US 12,729,715 B2KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Atherectomy catheters having movable beads25 Aug 2026US 12,714,457 B2Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- First twin cervical dilation system and method25 Aug 2026US 12,714,465 B1
- Staple and Driver for Tendon Stapling Apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294431 A1KiriGenX, Inc.
- Material combinations and processing methods for a surgical instrument1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294432 A1Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Biopsy site marker24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283740 A1Hologic, Inc.
- Soft Anchor Constructs And Methods Of Tissue Repairs27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248605 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Embolization device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240547 A1Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instrument including a locking assembly2,243US 7,637,410 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2009
- Buttress and surgical stapling apparatus2,012US 8,062,330 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2011
- Buttress and surgical stapling apparatus1,884US 8,496,683 B2Covidien LP · 2013
- Surgical instrument having a plastic surface1,883US 7,866,525 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2011
- Surgical instrument having a plastic surface1,875US 7,845,535 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2010