A61B 2017/2936
Pins in guiding slots
Official title: {Pins in guiding slots}
A61B2017/2936 (Pins in guiding slots) appears on 1,159 US grants and 1,317 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,159
- Published applications
- 1,317
- Assignees
- 192
- Inventors
- 1,218
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 32 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Medical stapler and medical system30 Jun 2026US 12,667,347 B2Olympus Corporation
- Medical stapler and medical system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294411 A1Olympus Corporation
- Robotic stapling and cutting systems and methods27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248503 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Jaw member of instrument end effector and related devices, systems and methods27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248554 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Jaw assembly and surgical instrument using same16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198951 A1NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Bending structure and surgical tool using same9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191550 A1NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotically-controlled surgical end effector system with rotary actuated closure systems2,881US 8,573,465 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Surgical cutting instrument with improved closure system2,680US 7,588,176 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009
- Laparoscopic surgical instrument2,610US 5,496,317 AGyrus Medical Limited · 1996
- Selectively orientable implantable fastener cartridge2,602US 8,393,514 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Surgical instrument having an articulated jaw structure and a detachable knife2,567US 5,749,893 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1998