A61B 2017/0237
For heart surgery
Official title: {for heart surgery}
A61B2017/0237 (For heart surgery) appears on 632 US grants and 606 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 632
- Published applications
- 606
- Assignees
- 195
- Inventors
- 879
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 35 | 0 |
| 2000 | 33 | 0 |
| 2001 | 41 | 16 |
| 2002 | 49 | 75 |
| 2003 | 42 | 47 |
| 2004 | 32 | 53 |
| 2005 | 26 | 30 |
| 2006 | 18 | 14 |
| 2007 | 24 | 36 |
| 2008 | 14 | 24 |
| 2009 | 14 | 13 |
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| 2011 | 15 | 13 |
| 2012 | 23 | 22 |
| 2013 | 19 | 17 |
| 2014 | 14 | 17 |
| 2015 | 17 | 29 |
| 2016 | 16 | 20 |
| 2017 | 20 | 20 |
| 2018 | 12 | 16 |
| 2019 | 31 | 23 |
| 2020 | 12 | 17 |
| 2021 | 13 | 20 |
| 2022 | 27 | 18 |
| 2023 | 10 | 12 |
| 2024 | 14 | 8 |
| 2025 | 10 | 13 |
| 2026 | 7 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Device for cardiac surgery and methods thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,751,713 B2LSI Solutions, Inc.
- Sternal ascender apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,740,775 B2LSI Solutions, Inc.
- Surgical retractor26 May 2026US 12,636,002 B2
- Negative pressure-based gripping system and method24 Mar 2026US 12,582,430 B2Septulus AB
- Full eversion anastomosis juncture formation and suturing24 Feb 2026US 12,558,096 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Stabilization and control mechanism for placement of leaflet cutting device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224364 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- High shape-retention retractor30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215767 A1Ozk Co., Ltd.
- Devices for cardiac surgery and methods thereof11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157750 A1
- Methods and devices for transxiphoid access to the mammary arteries21 May 2026US 2026/0137378 A1
- Method for robotic assisted heart transplant19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076762 A1King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instrument for stabilizing the beating heart during coronary artery bypass graft surgery1,637US 6,346,077 B1Cardiothoracic Systems, Inc. · 2002
- Treating instrument1,536US 5,372,124 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1994
- In vivo accessories for minimally invasive robotic surgery1,425US 7,125,403 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2006
- Retractor for performing heart and thorax surgeries1,416US 7,507,202 B2KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG · 2009
- Tunneling instrument for port access multivessel coronary artery bypass surgery1,399US 6,613,069 B2Heartport, Inc. · 2003