A61B 2017/2808
Clamp
Official title: {Clamp, e.g. towel clamp}
A61B2017/2808 (Clamp) appears on 177 US grants and 225 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 177
- Published applications
- 225
- Assignees
- 97
- Inventors
- 421
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 10 |
| 2006 | 0 | 21 |
| 2007 | 6 | 10 |
| 2008 | 3 | 10 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12 |
| 2011 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 8 | 11 |
| 2013 | 6 | 7 |
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| 2015 | 12 | 8 |
| 2016 | 7 | 11 |
| 2017 | 8 | 10 |
| 2018 | 6 | 8 |
| 2019 | 8 | 14 |
| 2020 | 6 | 7 |
| 2021 | 8 | 10 |
| 2022 | 9 | 12 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 | 15 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 |
| 2026 | 7 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Medical instrument and method for the manufacture of a medical instrument28 Jul 2026US 12,690,881 B2Aesculap AG
- Method for detecting three-dimensional force of a fiber-integrated monolithic clamp guided by metal additive manufacturing30 Jun 2026US 12,669,392 B2Wuhan University of Technology
- Surgical clamp26 May 2026US 12,636,071 B2AtriCure, Inc.
- Clamp and cable24 Mar 2026US 12,582,428 B2Brook Orthopaedics Ltd
- Devices, systems, and methods for holding medical devices10 Mar 2026US 12,569,651 B2American Endoscopic Innovations, LLC
- Surgical clamp for simultaneous grasping and spatial access to clamped tissue1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294456 A1
- Medical instrument and method for the manufacture of a medical instrument10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263101 A1
- Coracoid Clamp18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165722 A1Stryker Corporation
- Decompression system and methods of use12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041459 A1
- Methods and apparatus for immobilizing an exteriorized uterus18 Dec 2025US 2025/0380966 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and systems for indicating a clamping prediction1,430US 8,989,903 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2015
- Closing assemblies for clamping device1,311US 7,641,671 B2Design Standards Corporation · 2010
- Methods and systems for indicating a clamping prediction898US 9,814,530 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2017
- Attachable clamp for use with surgical instruments867US 9,023,069 B2Covidien LP · 2015
- Methods and systems for indicating a clamping prediction855US 9,999,472 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2018