A61B 2017/2912
Transmission of forces to actuating rod or piston
Official title: {transmission of forces to actuating rod or piston}
A61B2017/2912 (Transmission of forces to actuating rod or piston) appears on 2,778 US grants and 2,990 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 2,990
- Assignees
- 532
- Inventors
- 2,846
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Apparatus and method of connection of attachments to a holder29 Sep 2026US 12,746,026 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Surgical instruments with progressive jaw closure arrangements25 Aug 2026US 12,714,423 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical instrument with motor disengagement in response to excess torque25 Aug 2026US 12,714,531 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical instrument for minimally invasive surgery18 Aug 2026US 12,708,393 B2Sutter Medizintechnik GmbH
- Surgical instruments with compliant mechanism design17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272492 A1Innovative Delta Technology, LLC
- Actuation device and features for surgical apparatuses10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263066 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Surgical instrument10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263103 A1Livsmed Inc.
- End effector drive mechanisms for surgical instruments such as for use in robotic surgical systems3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256511 A1Covidien LP
- Powered surgical stapling device with end effector articulation6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224219 A1Covidien LP
Most cited
By later US patents
- Articulation assembly for surgical instruments3,515US 5,704,534 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998
- Surgical stapling instrument having a single lockout mechanism for prevention of firing3,405US 7,380,695 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical stapler instrument3,334US 5,465,895 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1995
- Surgical instrument3,312US 5,632,432 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1997
- Surgical stapling apparatus3,191US 5,865,361 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1999