A61B 2017/07221
Curved
Official title: {curved}
A61B2017/07221 (Curved) appears on 618 US grants and 731 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 618
- Published applications
- 731
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 419
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 6 |
| 2003 | 4 | 9 |
| 2004 | 9 | 8 |
| 2005 | 4 | 19 |
| 2006 | 7 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 12 |
| 2008 | 4 | 12 |
| 2009 | 5 | 7 |
| 2010 | 9 | 18 |
| 2011 | 11 | 16 |
| 2012 | 11 | 58 |
| 2013 | 17 | 17 |
| 2014 | 39 | 36 |
| 2015 | 22 | 22 |
| 2016 | 19 | 24 |
| 2017 | 35 | 86 |
| 2018 | 31 | 75 |
| 2019 | 58 | 84 |
| 2020 | 64 | 46 |
| 2021 | 70 | 38 |
| 2022 | 44 | 54 |
| 2023 | 50 | 36 |
| 2024 | 45 | 24 |
| 2025 | 31 | 11 |
| 2026 | 5 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Medical stapler and medical system30 Jun 2026US 12,667,347 B2Olympus Corporation
- Surgical stapling apparatus23 Jun 2026US 12,661,115 B2Covidien LP
- Surgical stapler with partial pockets5 May 2026US 12,616,471 B2Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Staple cartridge and methods for surgical staplers24 Mar 2026US 12,582,399 B2Bolder Surgical, LLC
- End effectors, surgical stapling devices, and methods of using same24 Feb 2026US 12,558,092 B2Standard Bariatrics, Inc.
- Medical stapler and medical system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294411 A1Olympus Corporation
- Device and method for releasing catheters from cardiac structures17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273225 A1Ancora Heart, Inc.
- Surgical stapler with partial pockets13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232317 A1Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Staple cartridge and methods for surgical staplers9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191530 A1Bolder Surgical, LLC
- Surgical stapling instrument and attachment and detachment method thereof4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151130 A1Ezisurg Medical Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical device for stapling and/or fastening body tissues3,256US 5,389,098 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Surgical apparatus and method2,968US 6,264,086 B12001
- Surgical stapling system and method of applying staples from multiple staple cartridges2,865US 5,833,695 A1998
- Apparatus and method for resectioning gastro-esophageal tissue2,688US 6,835,199 B2Rex Medical, L. P. · 2004
- Selectively orientable implantable fastener cartridge2,602US 8,393,514 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013