A61B 2017/320074
Blade
Official title: {blade}
A61B2017/320074 (Blade) appears on 639 US grants and 825 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 639
- Published applications
- 825
- Assignees
- 119
- Inventors
- 733
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 75 | 50 |
| 2026 | 34 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Knife housing designs for aligning a knife with a knife cavity29 Sep 2026US 12,746,033 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Rotatable linear actuation mechanism22 Sep 2026US 12,740,802 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Ultrasonic scalpel handle, ultrasonic scalpel and ultrasonic scalpel system22 Sep 2026US 12,740,803 B2Ensurge Medical (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Ultrasonic surgical instrument with a mid-shaft closure system and related methods25 Aug 2026US 12,714,455 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Ultrasonic and electrosurgical devices18 Aug 2026US 12,712,326 B2Cilag GbmH International
- Medical cutting devices with static components having temperature sensors and related methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306109 A1Innovations 4 Surgery, LLC
- Medical ultrasonic scalpel, medical ultrasonic scalpel system, and robot-assisted ultrasonic scalpel system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306123 A1Smtp Medical Co., Ltd.
- Skin treatment device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306124 A1DD Karma LLC d/b/a Dermaflash
- Combination ultrasonic and electrosurgical instrument with adjustable energy modalities and method for limiting blade temperature8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306159 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Ultrasonic surgical instrument with articulating end effector having a curved blade1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294465 A1Cilag GmbH International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ultrasound treatment system1,971US 6,056,735 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 2000
- Flexible harmonic waveguides/blades for surgical instruments1,677US 9,095,367 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Improved ultrasonic knife1,519US 5,261,922 A1993
- Ultrasonic curved blade1,504US 6,024,750 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 2000
- Surgical ultrasonic horn1,494US 5,188,102 ASumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. · 1993