A61B 2017/2945
Curved jaws
Official title: {Curved jaws}
A61B2017/2945 (Curved jaws) appears on 653 US grants and 676 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 653
- Published applications
- 676
- Assignees
- 136
- Inventors
- 843
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 7 | 4 |
| 2002 | 14 | 26 |
| 2003 | 13 | 28 |
| 2004 | 13 | 31 |
| 2005 | 15 | 27 |
| 2006 | 10 | 25 |
| 2007 | 21 | 33 |
| 2008 | 15 | 29 |
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| 2010 | 18 | 38 |
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| 2019 | 16 | 48 |
| 2020 | 32 | 40 |
| 2021 | 33 | 23 |
| 2022 | 31 | 23 |
| 2023 | 35 | 12 |
| 2024 | 24 | 20 |
| 2025 | 21 | 10 |
| 2026 | 9 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ablation system, clamp and method of use15 Sep 2026US 12,733,972 B2AtriCure, Inc.
- Method for communicating with surgical instrument systems7 Jul 2026US 12,672,922 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Medical device with a bilateral jaw configuration for nerve stimulation23 Jun 2026US 12,661,175 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Method of hub communication with surgical instrument systems16 Jun 2026US 12,653,628 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical clamp26 May 2026US 12,636,071 B2AtriCure, Inc.
- Steerable leaflet resection device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215804 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- Forceps motion transfer assembly4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151152 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Method for producing a surgical instrument comprising a smart electrical system20 Nov 2025US 2025/0352280 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical clamp and clamp jaw13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345083 A1
- Electrosurgical system28 Aug 2025US 2025/0268647 A1Applied Medical Resources Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical device for stapling and/or fastening body tissues3,256US 5,389,098 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Surgical stapler3,038US 5,129,570 AEthicon, Inc. · 1992
- Surgical stapler cartridge lockout device2,658US 4,892,244 AEthicon, Inc. · 1990
- Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive surgical procedures2,609US 6,436,107 B1Computer Motion, Inc. · 2002
- Seal & cut electrosurgical instrument2,454US 6,174,309 B1Medical Scientific, Inc. · 2001