A61B 2017/2933
Camming or guiding means
Official title: {camming or guiding means}
A61B2017/2933 (Camming or guiding means) appears on 2,030 US grants and 2,208 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,030
- Published applications
- 2,208
- Assignees
- 363
- Inventors
- 2,049
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 143 | 84 |
| 2025 | 110 | 102 |
| 2026 | 51 | 42 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Directable traction systems and methods22 Sep 2026US 12,740,799 B2Levita Magnetics International Corp.
- Surgical instruments with progressive jaw closure arrangements25 Aug 2026US 12,714,423 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical instrument for minimally invasive surgery18 Aug 2026US 12,708,393 B2Sutter Medizintechnik GmbH
- Surgical device18 Aug 2026US 12,708,394 B2Riverfield Inc.
- Ultrasonic and electrosurgical devices18 Aug 2026US 12,712,326 B2Cilag GbmH International
- Techniques for adaptive control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306097 A1Cilag GmbH International
- 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.
- Robotic stapling and cutting systems and methods27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248503 A1Cilag GmbH International
Most cited
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 stapler3,095US 6,032,849 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 2000
- Articulated surgical instrument with improved jaw closure mechanism2,979US 5,820,009 ARichard-Allan Medical Industries, Inc. · 1998
- Surgical instrument2,967US 5,673,841 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1997