A61B 2017/2943
Toothed members
Official title: {Toothed members, e.g. rack and pinion}
A61B2017/2943 (Toothed members) appears on 976 US grants and 1,059 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 976
- Published applications
- 1,059
- Assignees
- 136
- Inventors
- 738
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 54 | 24 |
| 2025 | 38 | 30 |
| 2026 | 16 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Surgical instrument with motor disengagement in response to excess torque25 Aug 2026US 12,714,531 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturing4 Aug 2026US 12,697,115 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Method for communicating with surgical instrument systems7 Jul 2026US 12,672,922 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Needle drivers and methods of manufacture and use thereof16 Jun 2026US 12,653,525 B2Ergosurgical Group Corp.
- Method of hub communication with surgical instrument systems16 Jun 2026US 12,653,628 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Robotic stapling and cutting systems and methods27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248503 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical instrument with swiveling end effector and method of use thereof27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248525 A1Tag Dream Medical Ltd.
- Surgical suturing device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240539 A1Mellon Medical B.V.
- Medical instrument25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174455 A1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Surgical stapling systems including a timer for the firing motion11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157756 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 instrument with a lateral-moving articulation control3,246US 6,981,628 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2006
- Surgical instrument having recording capabilities3,034US 7,845,537 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Surgical instrument2,967US 5,673,841 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1997