A61B 2017/3452
For the rectum
Official title: {for the rectum, e.g. for hemorrhoid surgery}
A61B2017/3452 (For the rectum) appears on 156 US grants and 189 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 156
- Published applications
- 189
- Assignees
- 68
- Inventors
- 300
- Latest grant
- 24 Mar 2026
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| 2023 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024 | 14 | 8 |
| 2025 | 4 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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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
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