A61B 2017/00946
Malleable
Official title: {malleable}
A61B2017/00946 (Malleable) appears on 565 US grants and 768 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 565
- Published applications
- 768
- Assignees
- 256
- Inventors
- 1,174
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 5 | 7 |
| 2003 | 3 | 15 |
| 2004 | 2 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 11 | 8 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 11 |
| 2009 | 1 | 11 |
| 2010 | 4 | 15 |
| 2011 | 8 | 19 |
| 2012 | 6 | 47 |
| 2013 | 16 | 18 |
| 2014 | 23 | 26 |
| 2015 | 31 | 35 |
| 2016 | 27 | 48 |
| 2017 | 20 | 60 |
| 2018 | 25 | 48 |
| 2019 | 49 | 66 |
| 2020 | 59 | 63 |
| 2021 | 48 | 48 |
| 2022 | 50 | 44 |
| 2023 | 46 | 59 |
| 2024 | 42 | 30 |
| 2025 | 44 | 50 |
| 2026 | 21 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Magnetically driven crossing tools for arterial and venous occlusions8 Sep 2026US 12,727,896 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Malleable retractor1 Sep 2026US 12,721,612 B2Illumix Surgical
- Apparatus and methods for surgical lighting11 Aug 2026US 12,702,521 B2Dignity Health
- Lung transplant retractor system16 Jun 2026US 12,653,516 B2
- Secondary device holder and compression system, method of making and using the same2 Jun 2026US 12,642,534 B2
- Surgical spatula8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306086 A1MINDER S.r.l.
- Systems and methods for a manually-actuated fastener delivery device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263073 A1Dignity Health
- Cutting Accessory For A Surgical Cutting Instrument3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256488 A1Stryker European Operations Limited
- Surgical Cutting Accessory With Malleable Tube Assembly3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256489 A1Stryker European Operations Limited
- Illuminating eye depressor13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232489 A1Alcon Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Selectively orientable implantable fastener cartridge2,602US 8,393,514 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Surgical stapling apparatus with control features operable with one hand2,601US 7,819,298 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Surgical stapling apparatus with interlockable firing system2,045US 7,866,527 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2011
- Collapsible fastener cartridge2,017US 9,044,227 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Surgical stapling instrument with compact articulation control arrangement1,980US 8,840,003 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014