A61B 2017/3405
Using mechanical guide means
Official title: {using mechanical guide means}
A61B2017/3405 (Using mechanical guide means) appears on 1,491 US grants and 2,056 published applications in this corpus.
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- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tactile sensing and guidance system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,034 B2IntuiTap Medical, Inc.
- Needle breast biopsy system and method of use29 Sep 2026US 12,746,090 B2Hologic, Inc.
- Needle guide device for biopsy22 Sep 2026US 12,740,773 B2Medical Park Co., Ltd.
- Modular, assembled surgical instrument22 Sep 2026US 12,740,804 B2Mission Surgical Innovations, LLC
- Ultrasonic probe15 Sep 2026US 12,733,953 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Ophthalmic injection robot and system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306295 A1Alcon Inc.
- Hair implanter device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294470 A1SAúDe ViáVel S.A.
- Guides and tools for multi-portal spine procedures, and associated systems and methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294471 A1Amplify Surgical, Inc.
- Systems and methods for implanting neural electrodes1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294563 A1William Marsh Rice University
- Needle guiding system, a needle guide and a method for using the needle guiding system in guiding a needle for needle insertion of a patient24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283642 A1HiCura Medical Pte. Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Biopsy system1,710US 6,712,773 B1Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2004
- Device for advancing a functional element through tissue1,593US 7,326,203 B2Depuy Acromed, Inc. · 2008
- Biopsy system having a single use loading unit operable with a trocar driver, a knife driver and firing module1,586US 7,189,207 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2007
- Coaxial catheter system1,540US 7,766,894 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2010
- Method and apparatus for use in endoscopic procedures1,510US 5,375,588 A1994