A61B 2017/2916
Pins in guiding slots
Official title: {pins in guiding slots}
A61B2017/2916 (Pins in guiding slots) appears on 272 US grants and 292 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 272
- Published applications
- 292
- Assignees
- 63
- Inventors
- 361
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 6 |
| 2003 | 5 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 12 |
| 2005 | 1 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 10 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2 |
| 2010 | 12 | 13 |
| 2011 | 4 | 12 |
| 2012 | 12 | 20 |
| 2013 | 7 | 17 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8 |
| 2015 | 10 | 19 |
| 2016 | 10 | 15 |
| 2017 | 20 | 16 |
| 2018 | 15 | 11 |
| 2019 | 17 | 23 |
| 2020 | 14 | 36 |
| 2021 | 22 | 15 |
| 2022 | 18 | 12 |
| 2023 | 17 | 8 |
| 2024 | 23 | 12 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Forceps including actuation limiting10 Mar 2026US 12,569,268 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Forceps motion transfer assembly3 Mar 2026US 12,564,415 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Forceps jaw activation3 Feb 2026US 12,539,131 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Surgical stapling instrument with an articulatable end effector30 Dec 2025US 12,508,026 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Stapling systems and methods for surgical devices and end effectors11 Nov 2025US 12,465,361 B2Standard Bariatrics, Inc.
- Forceps motion transfer assembly4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151152 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Systems and methods for delivering adjustable shunting systems23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108388 A1Shifamed Holdings, LLC
- Stapling systems and methods for surgical devices and end effectors5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060679 A1Standard Bariatrics, Inc.
- Surgical instrument with locking articulation drive wheel17 Jul 2025US 2025/0228537 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Medical handle3 Jul 2025US 2025/0213261 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical cutting instrument with improved closure system2,680US 7,588,176 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009
- Surgical stapling instrument with a geared return mechanism2,534US 7,658,311 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Surgical stapling instrument with an articulating end effector2,520US 7,549,564 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009
- Surgical stapling instruments2,492US 7,753,245 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Cable driven surgical stapling and cutting instrument with apparatus for preventing inadvertent cable disengagement2,474US 7,510,107 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009