A61B 2017/2904
Curved, but rigid
Official title: {curved, but rigid}
A61B2017/2904 (Curved, but rigid) appears on 245 US grants and 260 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 245
- Published applications
- 260
- Assignees
- 91
- Inventors
- 387
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 9 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 |
| 2004 | 6 | 8 |
| 2005 | 4 | 10 |
| 2006 | 2 | 12 |
| 2007 | 4 | 9 |
| 2008 | 3 | 9 |
| 2009 | 4 | 8 |
| 2010 | 3 | 8 |
| 2011 | 10 | 23 |
| 2012 | 9 | 15 |
| 2013 | 11 | 19 |
| 2014 | 22 | 15 |
| 2015 | 11 | 11 |
| 2016 | 11 | 8 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2 |
| 2018 | 6 | 12 |
| 2019 | 10 | 14 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13 |
| 2021 | 6 | 9 |
| 2022 | 15 | 9 |
| 2023 | 6 | 7 |
| 2024 | 15 | 11 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Clamp and cable24 Mar 2026US 12,582,428 B2Brook Orthopaedics Ltd
- Single port instruments2 Dec 2025US 12,484,921 B2Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Medical implant delivery system and related methods11 Nov 2025US 12,465,479 B2Rotation Medical, Inc.
- Surgical forceps for holding two bone parts19 Aug 2025US 12,390,257 B2
- Probe device and grasping device28 May 2026US 2026/0144562 A1
- Medical implant delivery system and related methods28 May 2026US 2026/0144627 A1Rotation Medical, Inc.
- Single port instruments5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060710 A1Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Handheld electromechanical surgical system13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345062 A1Covidien LP
- Instrument for surgery31 Jul 2025US 2025/0241720 A1Livsmed Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscopic instrument having a torsionally stiff drive shaft for applying fasteners to tissue3,200US 5,433,721 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Medical instrument2,732US 6,830,174 B2Cerebral Vascular Applications, Inc. · 2004
- Self-powered surgical fastening instrument2,409US 4,606,343 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1986
- Medical instrument2,364US 6,755,338 B2Cerebral Vascular Applications, Inc. · 2004
- Articulated surgical fastener applying apparatus2,129US 4,566,620 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1986