A61B 2017/320095
With sealing or cauterizing means
Official title: {with sealing or cauterizing means}
A61B2017/320095 (With sealing or cauterizing means) appears on 1,106 US grants and 1,435 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 31 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Robotic surgical system with instrument bailout and lockout features22 Sep 2026US 12,740,836 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Ultrasonic energy device which varies pressure applied by clamp arm to provide threshold control pressure at a cut progression location18 Aug 2026US 12,708,427 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Ultrasonic and electrosurgical devices18 Aug 2026US 12,712,326 B2Cilag GbmH International
- Combination ultrasonic and electrosurgical instrument with adjustable energy modalities and method for limiting blade temperature8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306159 A1Cilag GmbH International
- System and method for controlled ultrasonic sealing and cutting1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294464 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Ultrasonic surgical instrument with articulating end effector having a curved blade1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294465 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Cordless energy-based surgical instruments including reusable and disposable portions17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272497 A1Covidien LP
- Temperature control in ultrasonic surgical instruments10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263105 A1Cilag GmbH International
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