A61B 2017/2926
Details of heads or jaws
Official title: {Details of heads or jaws}
A61B2017/2926 (Details of heads or jaws) appears on 7,855 US grants and 8,609 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 7,855
- Published applications
- 8,609
- Assignees
- 1,151
- Inventors
- 6,663
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 28 | 0 |
| 1993 | 41 | 0 |
| 1994 | 93 | 0 |
| 1995 | 107 | 0 |
| 1996 | 130 | 0 |
| 1997 | 140 | 0 |
| 1998 | 169 | 0 |
| 1999 | 124 | 0 |
| 2000 | 109 | 0 |
| 2001 | 94 | 33 |
| 2002 | 77 | 138 |
| 2003 | 95 | 139 |
| 2004 | 80 | 181 |
| 2005 | 64 | 182 |
| 2006 | 85 | 187 |
| 2007 | 82 | 207 |
| 2008 | 72 | 255 |
| 2009 | 100 | 240 |
| 2010 | 193 | 273 |
| 2011 | 187 | 308 |
| 2012 | 231 | 422 |
| 2013 | 275 | 378 |
| 2014 | 310 | 434 |
| 2015 | 325 | 412 |
| 2016 | 345 | 460 |
| 2017 | 395 | 514 |
| 2018 | 358 | 479 |
| 2019 | 464 | 678 |
| 2020 | 496 | 572 |
| 2021 | 512 | 477 |
| 2022 | 487 | 485 |
| 2023 | 473 | 350 |
| 2024 | 472 | 303 |
| 2025 | 385 | 324 |
| 2026 | 177 | 178 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Surgical medical instrument and gripping device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,732 B2Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Replaceable surgical scissor blades for surgical instruments6 Oct 2026US 12,751,734 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Power pack for activating surgical instruments and providing user feedback22 Sep 2026US 12,740,782 B2RevMedica, Inc.
- Treatment tool22 Sep 2026US 12,740,783 B2Olympus Corporation
- Medical devices having compact end effector drive mechanisms with high grip force22 Sep 2026US 12,740,797 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Techniques for adaptive control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306097 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical stapling device with articulating tool assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306099 A1Covidien LP
- Push-pull surgical instrument end effector actuation using flexible tension member8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306122 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Medical stapler and medical system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294411 A1Olympus Corporation
- Method and apparatus for passing suture1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294426 A1Clauson Creative Engineering, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Articulation assembly for surgical instruments3,515US 5,704,534 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998
- Self contained gas powered surgical apparatus3,418US 5,312,023 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1994
- Surgical stapling and cutting device3,391US 7,404,508 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical instrument3,312US 5,632,432 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1997
- Endoscopic surgical system with sensing means3,306US 5,383,880 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995