A61B 2017/22018
Segmented along its length
Official title: {segmented along its length}
A61B2017/22018 (Segmented along its length) appears on 135 US grants and 152 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 135
- Published applications
- 152
- Assignees
- 47
- Inventors
- 234
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 6 |
| 2003 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 4 | 11 |
| 2005 | 1 | 7 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 14 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 | 9 |
| 2014 | 4 | 10 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 7 | 12 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 8 | 13 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3 |
| 2021 | 11 | 10 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 7 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method of operating an articulating ultrasonic surgical instrument22 Sep 2026US 12,740,801 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Ultrasonic probe26 May 2026US 12,636,026 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Articulating ultrasonic surgical instruments and systems17 Mar 2026US 12,575,850 B2Covidien LP
- Method of actuating ultrasonic drive device, ultrasonic drive device, and ultrasonic treatment system6 Jan 2026US 12,515,241 B2Olympus Corporation
- Surgical instruments with articulating shafts11 Nov 2025US 12,465,384 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Articulating ultrasonic surgical instruments and systems25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174461 A1Covidien LP
- Surgical instruments with articulating shafts29 Jan 2026US 2026/0026832 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Ultrasonic Tip With Protrusion Defining A Preaspiration Hole12 Jun 2025US 2025/0186078 A1Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
- Treatment of ischaemia20 Mar 2025US 2025/0090184 A1Versono Medical Limited
- Ultrasonic transducer to blade acoustic coupling, connections, and configurations6 Feb 2025US 2025/0040953 A1Cilag GmbH International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscopic electrosurgical apparatus2,415US 5,334,183 AValleylab, Inc. · 1994
- Endoscopic ultrasonic aspirators1,862US 4,750,902 ASonomed Technology, Inc. · 1988
- Ultrasonic surgical instruments1,701US 8,430,898 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Ultrasonic surgical instruments with control mechanisms1,397US 9,820,768 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Surgical instruments with articulating shafts1,382US 9,408,622 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016