A61B 2017/00973
Pedal-operated
Official title: {pedal-operated}
A61B2017/00973 (Pedal-operated) appears on 1,092 US grants and 1,206 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,092
- Published applications
- 1,206
- Assignees
- 367
- Inventors
- 1,765
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 102 | 74 |
| 2025 | 75 | 66 |
| 2026 | 30 | 34 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Endoscope imaging system15 Sep 2026US 12,733,787 B2C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Endoscopic system, control method, endoscope control apparatus, and program11 Aug 2026US 12,702,268 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Surgical footswitch assignment for modular energy system4 Aug 2026US 12,697,178 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Systems and methods for onscreen menus in a teleoperational medical system4 Aug 2026US 12,697,183 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Thermal management of an electrosurgical generator21 Jul 2026US 12,685,579 B2Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
- Control of an endoscope by a surgical robot8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306198 A1Auris Health, Inc.
- Systems and methods for onscreen menus in a teleoperational medical system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306200 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Method for controlling a therapeutic ultrasonic interventional system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294452 A1
- Physician Enabled Laser Control from Ureteroscope Handle24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283715 A1C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Surgical robot system and control method thereof17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272584 A1Cornerstone Technology (Shenzhen) Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated endoscope system for optimal positioning2,652US 5,878,193 AComputer Motion, Inc. · 1999
- Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures2,567US 5,855,583 AComputer Motion, Inc. · 1999
- Electrosurgical cutting tool2,411US 5,665,085 AMedical Scientific, Inc. · 1997
- Method and apparatus for ultrasonic surgical fragmentation and removal of tissue2,213US 4,827,911 ACooper LaserSonics, Inc. · 1989
- Method for using an electrosurgical device on lung tissue2,177US 6,003,517 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1999