A61B 2017/2825
Inserts of different material in jaws
Official title: {Inserts of different material in jaws}
A61B2017/2825 (Inserts of different material in jaws) appears on 441 US grants and 505 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 441
- Published applications
- 505
- Assignees
- 114
- Inventors
- 718
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Ultrasonic treatment tool20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240590 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- End effector with tissue compression features and methods of using the same13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232365 A1
- Technologies for securing a tissue pad to a jaw clamp of an energy-based surgical instruments30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215798 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical treatment apparatus19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076706 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instruments2,503US 4,520,817 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1985
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- Flexible drive member1,972US 9,204,879 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Surgical clamp inserts with micro-tractive surfaces1,735US 6,821,284 B2Novare Surgical Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Overmolded grasper jaw1,683US 7,494,501 B2Applied Medical Resources Corporation · 2009