A61B 2017/320052
Guides for cutting instruments
Official title: {Guides for cutting instruments}
A61B2017/320052 (Guides for cutting instruments) appears on 1,486 US grants and 1,776 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for performing spine surgery29 Sep 2026US 12,745,997 B2NuVasive, Inc.
- Power pack for activating surgical instruments and providing user feedback22 Sep 2026US 12,740,782 B2RevMedica, Inc.
- Surgical template and method of use8 Sep 2026US 12,727,908 B2
- Gastric sizing systems including instruments for use in bariatric surgery1 Sep 2026US 12,721,742 B2Boehringer Laboratories, Inc.
- Multicut cardiac valve cutter25 Aug 2026US 12,714,454 B1Bonaparte Medical, Inc.
- Systems and methods of humeral head surgical guide and apparatuses1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294460 A1Glenoid Solutions, LLC
- Selectively dilatable stent having one or more cutting edges, and related systems and methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294467 A1Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Guides and tools for multi-portal spine procedures, and associated systems and methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294471 A1Amplify Surgical, Inc.
- System and method for harvesting a tendon24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283640 A1Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Anatomical proximal humerus osteosynthesis devices and systems and methods of use thereof24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283662 A1DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical stapling and cutting device3,391US 7,404,508 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical instrument with a lateral-moving articulation control3,246US 6,981,628 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2006
- Surgical instrument having an articulating end effector3,077US 7,670,334 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Combined dissecting, cauterizing, and stapling device3,025US 6,602,252 B2Starion Instruments Corporation · 2003
- Surgical stapling instrument incorporating a tapered firing bar for increased flexibility around the articulation joint2,903US 7,055,731 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2006