A61B 2017/320093
Additional movable means performing cutting operation
Official title: {additional movable means performing cutting operation}
A61B2017/320093 (Additional movable means performing cutting operation) appears on 648 US grants and 844 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Technologies for rotating electrical contacts on surgical devices to deliver energy to tissue1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294463 A1
- Ultrasonic surgical instrument with articulating end effector having a curved blade1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294465 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Method of operating a surgical instrument13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232313 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical instruments and systems incorporating electrosurgical and ultrasonic treating and sensing functionality16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198995 A1Covidien LP
- Articulating ultrasonic surgical instruments and systems18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165727 A1Covidien LP
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic surgical tool with ultrasound cauterizing and cutting instrument3,961US 6,783,524 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2004
- Robotically-controlled surgical end effector system with rotary actuated closure systems2,881US 8,573,465 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Ultrasonic hemostatic and cutting instrument2,775US 6,004,335 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1999
- Drive interface for operably coupling a manipulatable surgical tool to a robot2,511US 8,479,969 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Robotically-controlled disposable motor-driven loading unit2,372US 8,752,749 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014