A61B 2017/2932
Transmission of forces to jaw members
Official title: {Transmission of forces to jaw members}
A61B2017/2932 (Transmission of forces to jaw members) appears on 3,739 US grants and 4,054 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Replaceable surgical scissor blades for surgical instruments6 Oct 2026US 12,751,734 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Medical devices having compact end effector drive mechanisms with high grip force22 Sep 2026US 12,740,797 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Surgical instrument and steering mechanism therefor22 Sep 2026US 12,740,798 B2KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Directable traction systems and methods22 Sep 2026US 12,740,799 B2Levita Magnetics International Corp.
- End tool for surgical instrument8 Sep 2026US 12,727,956 B2Livsmed Inc.
- Techniques for adaptive control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306097 A1Cilag GmbH International
- 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.
- Method and apparatus for passing suture1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294428 A1Clauson Creative Engineering, Inc.
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By later US patents
- Articulation assembly for surgical instruments3,515US 5,704,534 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998
- Surgical instrument3,312US 5,632,432 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1997
- Surgical instrument with a lateral-moving articulation control3,246US 6,981,628 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2006
- Articulated surgical instrument for performing minimally invasive surgery with enhanced dexterity and sensitivity3,169US 5,792,135 AIntuitive Surgical, Inc. · 1998
- Surgical stapler3,095US 6,032,849 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 2000