A61B 2017/2929
With a head rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the shaft
Official title: {with a head rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the shaft}
A61B2017/2929 (With a head rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the shaft) appears on 1,921 US grants and 2,097 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,921
- Published applications
- 2,097
- Assignees
- 348
- Inventors
- 2,115
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 2001 | 24 | 7 |
| 2002 | 17 | 27 |
| 2003 | 20 | 31 |
| 2004 | 17 | 36 |
| 2005 | 13 | 32 |
| 2006 | 25 | 30 |
| 2007 | 14 | 38 |
| 2008 | 13 | 60 |
| 2009 | 22 | 67 |
| 2010 | 43 | 62 |
| 2011 | 42 | 64 |
| 2012 | 52 | 121 |
| 2013 | 66 | 79 |
| 2014 | 71 | 96 |
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| 2017 | 82 | 141 |
| 2018 | 79 | 134 |
| 2019 | 103 | 221 |
| 2020 | 136 | 144 |
| 2021 | 161 | 122 |
| 2022 | 124 | 113 |
| 2023 | 114 | 83 |
| 2024 | 96 | 58 |
| 2025 | 96 | 85 |
| 2026 | 38 | 47 |
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
- Circularity systems and methods for surgical staplers15 Sep 2026US 12,733,929 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Feedback algorithms for manual bailout systems for surgical instruments15 Sep 2026US 12,733,931 B2Cilag GmbH International
- 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
- Forceps construction, surgical instrument and surgical instrument comprising such forceps construction17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272491 A1EFI Holding B.V.
- Robotic stapling and cutting systems and methods27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248503 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical suturing device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240539 A1Mellon Medical B.V.
- Endoscopic treatment tool6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224093 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Intervention Instrument, Control Method of Intervention Instrument, Computer-Readable Storage Medium and Controller6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224216 A1Ningbo Verykind Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
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 instrument3,312US 5,632,432 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1997
- Endoscopic surgical system with sensing means3,306US 5,383,880 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Surgical device for stapling and/or fastening body tissues3,256US 5,389,098 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1995