A61B 2017/2947
Pivots
Official title: {Pivots}
A61B2017/2947 (Pivots) appears on 333 US grants and 427 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 333
- Published applications
- 427
- Assignees
- 106
- Inventors
- 549
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 10 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 10 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13 |
| 2013 | 5 | 19 |
| 2014 | 12 | 11 |
| 2015 | 15 | 25 |
| 2016 | 13 | 25 |
| 2017 | 20 | 15 |
| 2018 | 22 | 42 |
| 2019 | 14 | 37 |
| 2020 | 36 | 52 |
| 2021 | 29 | 27 |
| 2022 | 28 | 31 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 |
| 2024 | 31 | 22 |
| 2025 | 27 | 23 |
| 2026 | 21 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Replaceable surgical scissor blades for surgical instruments6 Oct 2026US 12,751,734 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Directable traction systems and methods22 Sep 2026US 12,740,799 B2Levita Magnetics International Corp.
- Surgical stapling instrument15 Sep 2026US 12,733,930 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Device for heart repair25 Aug 2026US 12,714,564 B2Cardiomech AS
- Ultrasonic surgical instrument with axisymmetric clamping28 Jul 2026US 12,690,882 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical tool1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294458 A1AtriCure, Inc.
- Jaw member of instrument end effector and related devices, systems and methods27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248554 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Surgical end effector with bipolar and isolated monopolar electrodes and related methods11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157786 A1
- Forceps motion transfer assembly4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151152 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Surgical instrument, tool device for such a surgical instrument, and method for producing such a tool device21 May 2026US 2026/0137409 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical stapling instrument having articulation joint support plates for supporting a firing bar2,836US 6,964,363 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2005
- Robotically-controlled surgical instrument with selectively articulatable end effector2,060US 9,301,759 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Robotically-controlled endoscopic accessory channel1,993US 8,992,422 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Surgical fastener and cutter with mimicking end effector1,900US 8,236,010 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2012
- Surgical instrument for joining tissue1,899US 8,328,061 B2Covidien LP · 2012