A61B 2017/320044
Blunt dissectors
Official title: {Blunt dissectors}
A61B2017/320044 (Blunt dissectors) appears on 1,330 US grants and 1,466 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,330
- Published applications
- 1,466
- Assignees
- 425
- Inventors
- 1,999
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 36 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 14 |
| 2002 | 28 | 26 |
| 2003 | 32 | 33 |
| 2004 | 22 | 71 |
| 2005 | 11 | 54 |
| 2006 | 17 | 62 |
| 2007 | 27 | 56 |
| 2008 | 11 | 76 |
| 2009 | 29 | 59 |
| 2010 | 33 | 64 |
| 2011 | 51 | 52 |
| 2012 | 56 | 63 |
| 2013 | 47 | 59 |
| 2014 | 49 | 78 |
| 2015 | 49 | 74 |
| 2016 | 54 | 73 |
| 2017 | 83 | 89 |
| 2018 | 41 | 50 |
| 2019 | 61 | 86 |
| 2020 | 66 | 66 |
| 2021 | 61 | 58 |
| 2022 | 44 | 38 |
| 2023 | 51 | 38 |
| 2024 | 45 | 51 |
| 2025 | 35 | 48 |
| 2026 | 23 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Hydro dissection and suction laparoscopic instruments and methods of use6 Oct 2026US 12,751,735 B2
- Endoscopic vessel harvesting devices with conditioning of insufflation gas29 Sep 2026US 12,746,028 B2Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation
- Surgical apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,746,031 B2Linus Ventures LLC
- Devices and methods for intraocular tissue manipulation22 Sep 2026US 12,740,892 B2Sight Sciences, Inc.
- Catheter extraction8 Sep 2026US 12,727,914 B2Qathex, LLC
- Systems and methods for endoluminal valve creation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306131 A1InterVene, Inc.
- Dissector devices with illumination17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272494 A1Maduro Discovery, LLC
- Device for performing a cosmetic or medical procedure27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248526 A1Aliform Inc.
- Tissue laceration device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248530 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Dilating neuro-monitoring probe13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232345 A1Spineology Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for closing a curved anvil of a surgical stapling device2,377US 7,434,717 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical stapling device with a curved end effector2,121US 8,540,128 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Interchangeable end effector coupling arrangement2,092US 9,028,494 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Blunt tipped ultrasonic trocar2,010US 5,449,370 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Curved end effector for a surgical stapling device1,806US 8,701,958 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014