A61B 2017/0212
Cushions or pads, without holding arms, as tissue retainers
Official title: {Cushions or pads, without holding arms, as tissue retainers, e.g. for retracting viscera}
A61B2017/0212 (Cushions or pads, without holding arms, as tissue retainers) appears on 104 US grants and 153 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 104
- Published applications
- 153
- Assignees
- 82
- Inventors
- 247
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Retractor systems, devices, and methods for use6 Oct 2026US 12,751,784 B2Levita Magnetics International Corp.
- Cooling systems, devices, and related methods26 May 2026US 12,636,183 B2Neuraxis, Inc.
- Device with variable rigidity and surgical gripping device17 Mar 2026US 12,575,846 B2National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University
- Endoscopic treatment device, and usage method thereof2 Dec 2025US 12,484,888 B2National University Corporation Kobe University
- Device for converting a surgical instrument into a spreader4 Nov 2025US 12,458,333 B2Fundació Institut D'Investigació SanitàRia Illes Balears—Idisba
- Cooling Systems, Devices, and Related Methods23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207376 A1Neuraxis, Inc.
- Methods and devices for transxiphoid access to the mammary arteries21 May 2026US 2026/0137378 A1
- Wound retractor and diffuser22 Jan 2026US 2026/0020848 A1Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
- Tissue or organ position system for intra-body use in a patient and methods of positioning tissues or organs within the body of a patient5 Jun 2025US 2025/0176955 A1Boehringer Technologies, L.P.
- Tissue retraction device16 Jan 2025US 2025/0017579 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Foldable surgical retractor1,439US 8,758,235 B2Cook Medical Technologies LLC · 2014
- Apparatus for holding intestines out of an operative field1,069US 6,063,025 ABioEnterics Corporation · 2000
- Surgical retractor device1,053US 9,521,996 B2Cook Medical Technologies LLC · 2016
- Apparatus and method for developing an anatomic space for laparoscopic procedures with laparoscopic visualization449US 5,540,711 AGeneral Surgical Innovations, Inc. · 1996
- Wound retractor device228US 7,559,893 B2Atropos Limited · 2009