A61B 2017/0243
For immobilizing local areas of the heart
Official title: {for immobilizing local areas of the heart, e.g. while it beats}
A61B2017/0243 (For immobilizing local areas of the heart) appears on 457 US grants and 366 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 457
- Published applications
- 366
- Assignees
- 134
- Inventors
- 590
- Latest grant
- 24 Mar 2026
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| 1999 | 32 | 0 |
| 2000 | 31 | 0 |
| 2001 | 40 | 15 |
| 2002 | 48 | 69 |
| 2003 | 41 | 43 |
| 2004 | 30 | 48 |
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| 2006 | 15 | 10 |
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| 2011 | 12 | 6 |
| 2012 | 18 | 11 |
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| 2017 | 11 | 9 |
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| 2019 | 10 | 7 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 7 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Stabilizer tool for total endoscopic coronary artery bypass5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060664 A1Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Method of retracting heart tissue in closed-chest heart surgery using endo-scopic retraction1,331US 5,613,937 AHeartport, Inc. · 1997
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