A61B 2017/00867
Shape memory effect
Official title: {shape memory effect}
A61B2017/00867 (Shape memory effect) appears on 5,028 US grants and 7,001 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 5,028
- Published applications
- 7,001
- Assignees
- 1,617
- Inventors
- 7,363
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 61 | 125 |
| 2003 | 90 | 113 |
| 2004 | 85 | 201 |
| 2005 | 50 | 231 |
| 2006 | 67 | 240 |
| 2007 | 69 | 269 |
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| 2024 | 329 | 347 |
| 2025 | 281 | 317 |
| 2026 | 172 | 199 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,751,703 B2Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Anti-breakage self-locking universal surgical clamp6 Oct 2026US 12,751,731 B2Guangzhou Aquila Precise Tools Limited
- Neuromodulation for treatment of neonatal chronic hyperinsulinism6 Oct 2026US 12,752,115 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Low profile staple6 Oct 2026US D1,152,022 S1Medshape, Inc. · Design
- Thermal mechanism to prevent reprocessing or reuse of mechanical surgical devices29 Sep 2026US 12,745,993 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Occluder medical device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306085 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Tissue traction devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306089 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Catheter apparatus and methods for endoluminal intervention8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306121 A1Julier Medical AG
- Systems and methods for endoluminal valve creation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306131 A1InterVene, Inc.
- Platforms For Mitral and/or Tricuspid Valve Replacement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306253 A1Majoro Cardiac Innovations, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instrument incorporating EAP blocking lockout mechanism3,093US 7,143,925 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2006
- Surgical stapling instrument having an electroactive polymer actuated buttress deployment mechanism3,086US 7,147,138 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2006
- Surgical stapling instrument having an electroactive polymer actuated single lockout mechanism for prevention of firing2,630US 7,140,528 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2006
- Surgical instrument incorporating an electrically actuated articulation mechanism2,499US 7,506,790 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009
- Shape-memory surgical staple apparatus and method for use in surgical suturing2,372US 4,485,816 AAlchemia Limited · 1984