A61B 2017/32008
Preventing clogging of suction channel
Official title: {preventing clogging of suction channel}
A61B2017/32008 (Preventing clogging of suction channel) appears on 97 US grants and 74 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 97
- Published applications
- 74
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 162
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Oscillating lithotripter19 May 2026US 12,629,164 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Microdebrider with improved cutting and reduced clogging11 Nov 2025US 12,465,387 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Systems and methods for ball probe ultrasonic foraminotomy11 Nov 2025US 12,465,389 B2
- Internal secondary calculus fragmentation mechanism14 Oct 2025US 12,440,272 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Microdebrider with stability interface bushing16 Sep 2025US 12,414,792 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Microdebrider with improved cutting and reduced clogging5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060712 A1Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Cutting Assembly For Surgical Instrument With Clog-Reducing Tip11 Sep 2025US 2025/0281196 A1Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
- Ultrasonic Tip With Protrusion Defining A Preaspiration Hole12 Jun 2025US 2025/0186078 A1Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
- Systems and Methods for Ball Probe Ultrasonic Foraminotomy31 Oct 2024US 2024/0358394 A1
- Oscillating lithotripter27 Jun 2024US 2024/0206895 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
Most cited
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- Endoscopic ultrasonic aspirators1,862US 4,750,902 ASonomed Technology, Inc. · 1988
- Surgical instruments1,033US 8,652,155 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Method for removing cellular material with endoscopic ultrasonic aspirator595US 4,922,902 AValleylab, Inc. · 1990
- Liposuction apparatus and associated method542US 5,419,761 AMisonix, Incorporated · 1995