A61B 2017/00982
General structural features
Official title: {General structural features}
A61B2017/00982 (General structural features) appears on 1,264 US grants and 1,754 published applications in this corpus.
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- 598
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 84 | 63 |
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
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- Smoke evacuation tube and telescopic smoke evacuation scalpel6 Oct 2026US 12,751,760 B2Zhejiang Shuyou Surgical Instrument Co., Ltd.
- Tool driver with reaction torque sensor for use in robotic surgery6 Oct 2026US 12,751,780 B2Auris Health, Inc.
- Thermal mechanism to prevent reprocessing or reuse of mechanical surgical devices29 Sep 2026US 12,745,993 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Guidewire-capturing surgical instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306115 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Replaceable surgical scissor blades for surgical instruments8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306126 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Balloon cervical dilation devices with telescoping inner shaft, methods of use and manufacture and kits therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306137 A1Medicines360
- Surgical Drill System With Telescoping Member24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283625 A1Stryker Corporation
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods thereof10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263099 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
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