A61B 2017/22072
With an instrument channel
Official title: {with an instrument channel, e.g. for replacing one instrument by the other}
A61B2017/22072 (With an instrument channel) appears on 903 US grants and 710 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 903
- Published applications
- 710
- Assignees
- 303
- Inventors
- 1,288
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 26 | 24 |
| 2026 | 14 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for restoring blood vessel patency6 Oct 2026US 12,751,730 B2Covidien LP
- Catheter with distal interventional element18 Aug 2026US 12,708,386 B2Covidien LP
- Endoscopic instrument for inserting into a body of a patient16 Jun 2026US 12,653,561 B2Richard Wolf GmbH
- Intravascular catheter having a single through lumen and a separate, independent, removable fluid conduit device assemblable therein16 Jun 2026US 12,653,990 B2Neuravi Limited
- Funnel catheter and novel methods of utilization2 Jun 2026US 12,642,544 B2Vascular Development Corp, LLC
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods thereof10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263099 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Apparatuses, Methods and Systems for the Percutaneous Treatment of Cholelithiasis3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256485 A1
- Perfusion balloon catheter and related methods27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249055 A1Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Self-pulling occlusion crossing catheter with controlled steering based on impedance sensing6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224240 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Medical system, operation method for medical system, and information storage medium30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215795 A1Olympus Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical tool2,269US 5,395,312 A1995
- Electrosurgical instrument1,972US 6,491,690 B1Gyrus Medical Limited · 2002
- Method for esophageal invagination and devices useful therein1,836US 5,088,979 AWilson-Cook Medical Inc. · 1992
- Dispensing catheter and method1,832US 4,900,303 A1990
- Apparatus for percutaneously performing myocardial revascularization having controlled cutting depth and methods of use1,732US 6,165,188 AAngioTrax, Inc. · 2000