A61B 2017/3456
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A61B2017/3456 (Blunt) appears on 250 US grants and 354 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 250
- Published applications
- 354
- Assignees
- 124
- Inventors
- 500
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 5 | 10 |
| 2009 | 0 | 11 |
| 2010 | 3 | 11 |
| 2011 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012 | 9 | 18 |
| 2013 | 13 | 24 |
| 2014 | 11 | 24 |
| 2015 | 14 | 22 |
| 2016 | 22 | 36 |
| 2017 | 30 | 22 |
| 2018 | 15 | 17 |
| 2019 | 20 | 30 |
| 2020 | 22 | 17 |
| 2021 | 10 | 17 |
| 2022 | 16 | 15 |
| 2023 | 10 | 17 |
| 2024 | 13 | 15 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11 |
| 2026 | 9 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Surgical drain device and method of use7 Jul 2026US 12,672,896 B2Standard of Care Corporation
- Minimally invasive subdural evacuating system16 Jun 2026US 12,653,573 B2MUSC Foundation for Research Development
- Puncture elements for shunting catheters9 Jun 2026US 12,648,811 B2Theraheart Inc.
- Surgical access system with navigation element2 Jun 2026US 12,642,554 B2Stryker Corporation
- CT-guided percutaneous pulmonary nodule cutter and using method thereof12 May 2026US 12,622,725 B2
- Systems and methods for endoluminal valve creation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306131 A1InterVene, Inc.
- Surgical Drain Device and Method of Use24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283643 A1Standard of Care Corporation
- Suture retrieval device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272447 A1Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Steerable tubes23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207222 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Insufflation apparatus and system9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191559 A1Baxter Healthcare S. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for closing a curved anvil of a surgical stapling device2,377US 7,434,717 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical stapling device with a curved end effector2,121US 8,540,128 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Curved end effector for a surgical stapling device1,806US 8,701,958 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Surgical stapling device having supports for a flexible drive mechanism1,749US 8,827,133 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Surgical stapling device1,172US 9,724,091 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017