A61B 2017/2922
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A61B2017/2922 (Toggle linkages) appears on 179 US grants and 185 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 179
- Published applications
- 185
- Assignees
- 51
- Inventors
- 228
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 10 |
| 2012 | 1 | 7 |
| 2013 | 9 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 11 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 5 |
| 2017 | 8 | 32 |
| 2018 | 9 | 4 |
| 2019 | 17 | 9 |
| 2020 | 18 | 32 |
| 2021 | 12 | 7 |
| 2022 | 17 | 15 |
| 2023 | 22 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 |
| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Endoscope treatment tool, endoscope device, and treatment method17 Mar 2026US 12,575,847 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- 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.
- Single port instruments2 Dec 2025US 12,484,921 B2Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Forceps motion transfer assembly4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151152 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Single port instruments5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060710 A1Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Electronic display providing position of a firing driver through a retraction stroke15 Jan 2026US 2026/0013855 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical stapler having a powered handle4 Sep 2025US 2025/0275769 A1Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Powered surgical stapler17 Jul 2025US 2025/0228557 A1Cilag GmbH International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Linear stapling mechanism with cutting means2,976US 5,307,976 AEthicon, Inc. · 1994
- Linear stapling mechanism with cutting means2,691US 5,485,947 AEthicon, Inc. · 1996
- Linear stapling mechanism with cutting means2,375US 5,332,142 AEthicon, Inc. · 1994
- Laparoscopic surgical instrument2,318US 5,480,409 A1996
- Palm size surgical stapler for single hand operation2,117US 7,328,829 B2NiTi Medical Technologies Ltd. · 2008