A61B 2017/32113
With extendable or retractable guard or blade
Official title: {with extendable or retractable guard or blade}
A61B2017/32113 (With extendable or retractable guard or blade) appears on 418 US grants and 405 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 418
- Published applications
- 405
- Assignees
- 188
- Inventors
- 657
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 8 | 15 |
| 2004 | 5 | 17 |
| 2005 | 10 | 18 |
| 2006 | 9 | 15 |
| 2007 | 7 | 14 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13 |
| 2009 | 4 | 11 |
| 2010 | 5 | 15 |
| 2011 | 12 | 15 |
| 2012 | 13 | 23 |
| 2013 | 9 | 18 |
| 2014 | 13 | 17 |
| 2015 | 24 | 24 |
| 2016 | 12 | 13 |
| 2017 | 12 | 20 |
| 2018 | 12 | 13 |
| 2019 | 19 | 16 |
| 2020 | 20 | 23 |
| 2021 | 12 | 21 |
| 2022 | 11 | 14 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 |
| 2024 | 18 | 24 |
| 2025 | 13 | 18 |
| 2026 | 8 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Surgical apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,746,031 B2Linus Ventures LLC
- Knife housing designs for aligning a knife with a knife cavity29 Sep 2026US 12,746,033 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Prosthetic incision device and methods thereof28 Apr 2026US 12,611,304 B2LSI Solutions, Inc.
- Trigger thumb treatment devices and methods21 Apr 2026US 12,605,181 B2Sonex Health, Inc.
- Retractable protection and/or sensing features for powered surgical cutting devices and systems24 Mar 2026US 12,582,435 B2Medtronic PS Medical, Inc.
- Trigger thumb treatment devices and methods13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232342 A1Sonex Health, Inc.
- Retractable protection and/or sensing features for powered surgical cutting devices and systems30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215808 A1Medtronic PS Medical, Inc.
- Knife housing designs for aligning a knife with a knife cavity18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165732 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Multifunction ophthalmic blade and blade guard11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157886 A1Ophthalmic Neo-Innovations of Texas, LLC
- Cellulite treatment system and methods21 May 2026US 2026/0137419 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscopic surgical system with sensing means3,306US 5,383,880 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Endoscopic instrument having a torsionally stiff drive shaft for applying fasteners to tissue3,200US 5,433,721 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Surgical stapling system and method of applying staples from multiple staple cartridges2,865US 5,833,695 A1998
- Endoscopic surgical system with sensing means2,795US 5,667,517 AEthicon, Inc. · 1997
- Surgical clamping, cutting and stapling device2,732US 6,843,403 B2Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2005