A61B 2017/3445
Used as instrument channel for multiple instruments
Official title: {used as instrument channel for multiple instruments}
A61B2017/3445 (Used as instrument channel for multiple instruments) appears on 1,553 US grants and 1,914 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,914
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- 482
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 39 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Hydro dissection and suction laparoscopic instruments and methods of use6 Oct 2026US 12,751,735 B2
- Wireless endoscope22 Sep 2026US 12,740,689 B2Treble Innovations, LLC
- Instrument access device with integrated task lighting1 Sep 2026US 12,721,650 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Sealing multiple surgical instruments1 Sep 2026US 12,721,653 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Cannula with sensors to measure patient bodywall forces25 Aug 2026US 12,714,460 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Multiple cannula trocar assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306133 A1Alcon Inc.
- Instrument entry guide17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272507 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Real-time sampling system10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263056 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Vascular Access Device and Related Systems and Methods27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249067 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Surgical instrument port for vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232352 A1Koc Universites
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscopic surgery apparatus2,420US 6,352,503 B1Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 2002
- Clamp assembly and method of use2,136US 5,618,307 AHeartport, Inc. · 1997
- Method and apparatus for performing biopsy2,028US 5,749,889 AImagyn Medical, Inc. · 1998
- Automated surgical system and apparatus2,024US 5,368,015 A1994
- Laparoscopic dissection tension retractor device and method1,937US 5,474,057 AValleylab, Inc. · 1995