A61B 2017/345
For introduction into a natural body opening
Official title: {for introduction into a natural body opening}
A61B2017/345 (For introduction into a natural body opening) appears on 386 US grants and 522 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 386
- Published applications
- 522
- Assignees
- 165
- Inventors
- 718
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 14 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Wireless endoscope22 Sep 2026US 12,740,689 B2Treble Innovations, LLC
- Valve assembly and retainer for surgical access assembly25 Aug 2026US 12,714,462 B2Covidien LP
- Surgical method16 Jun 2026US 12,653,565 B2
- Uterine manipulator with cutting head16 Jun 2026US 12,653,578 B2Freyja Healthcare, LLC
- Surgical instrument guide assembly19 May 2026US 12,629,170 B2LSI Solutions, Inc.
- Uterine manipulator with cutting head17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272511 A1Freyja Healthcare, LLC
- Surgical instrument guide assembly20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240565 A1
- Surgical instrument port for vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232352 A1Koc Universites
- Force gauge and method of use13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232966 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Device, system and method for performing minimally invasive procedures16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199031 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Circular stapler for hemorrhoidal surgery2,176US 6,102,271 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2000
- Instrument introducer1,725US 7,846,149 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2010
- Hemorrhoids treatment method and associated instrument assembly including anoscope and cofunctioning tissue occlusion device1,459US 7,118,528 B12006
- Medical instrument, in particular a rectoscope1,162US 6,458,077 B1Richard Wolf GmbH · 2002
- Anoscope1,080US 8,348,837 B2Covidien LP · 2013