A61B 2017/2919
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A61B2017/2919 (Details of linkages or pivot points) appears on 1,061 US grants and 1,100 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,061
- Published applications
- 1,100
- Assignees
- 261
- Inventors
- 1,401
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 5 |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 |
| 2003 | 15 | 14 |
| 2004 | 10 | 24 |
| 2005 | 2 | 32 |
| 2006 | 15 | 35 |
| 2007 | 10 | 27 |
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| 2010 | 20 | 21 |
| 2011 | 18 | 36 |
| 2012 | 24 | 104 |
| 2013 | 29 | 69 |
| 2014 | 44 | 49 |
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| 2017 | 67 | 84 |
| 2018 | 40 | 43 |
| 2019 | 64 | 54 |
| 2020 | 77 | 84 |
| 2021 | 57 | 59 |
| 2022 | 54 | 49 |
| 2023 | 53 | 44 |
| 2024 | 54 | 42 |
| 2025 | 45 | 25 |
| 2026 | 13 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Thermal mechanism to prevent reprocessing or reuse of mechanical surgical devices29 Sep 2026US 12,745,993 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Apparatus and method of connection of attachments to a holder29 Sep 2026US 12,746,026 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Surgical device18 Aug 2026US 12,708,394 B2Riverfield Inc.
- Surgical tool and assembly30 Jun 2026US 12,667,380 B2Livsmed Inc.
- Surgical instrument for treating tissue16 Jun 2026US 12,653,564 B2Covidien LP
- Endoscopic Surgical System16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198761 A1Moskowitz Family LLC
- Adapter device, disassemblable medical shaft instrument and method for cleaning the disassemblable medical shaft instrument and assembly method25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174456 A1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Force transmission element, surgical instrument, and method for producing the force transmission element11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157789 A1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Forceps motion transfer assembly4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151152 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Coupling device and handle device for a surgical instrument, surgical instrument and method for assembly and method for disassembly of the surgical instrument4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151153 A1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instrument having an articulating end effector3,077US 7,670,334 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Linear stapling mechanism with cutting means2,976US 5,307,976 AEthicon, Inc. · 1994
- Surgical anastomosis stapling instrument2,893US 5,205,459 AEthicon, Inc. · 1993
- Surgical stapler2,795US 7,225,964 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2007
- Linear stapling mechanism with cutting means2,691US 5,485,947 AEthicon, Inc. · 1996