A61B 2017/3466
For simultaneous sealing of multiple instruments
Official title: {for simultaneous sealing of multiple instruments}
A61B2017/3466 (For simultaneous sealing of multiple instruments) appears on 388 US grants and 547 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 388
- Published applications
- 547
- Assignees
- 114
- Inventors
- 585
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 13 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sealing multiple surgical instruments1 Sep 2026US 12,721,653 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Single port instrument access device21 Jul 2026US 12,685,560 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Real-time sampling system23 Jun 2026US 12,661,094 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Single port instrument access device16 Jun 2026US 12,653,572 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Real-time sampling system26 May 2026US 12,635,993 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Real-time sampling system10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263056 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Surgical instrument port for vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232352 A1Koc Universites
- Insufflation apparatus and system9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191559 A1Baxter Healthcare S. A.
- Cooperative access hybrid procedures11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157742 A1
- Systems and methods for tissue removal5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060716 A1Applied Medical Resources Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device, surgical access port, and method of retracting an incision into an opening and providing a channel through the incision1,529US 5,906,577 ASmith & Nephew, Inc. · 1999
- Method and apparatus for use in endoscopic procedures1,510US 5,375,588 A1994
- Methods and devices for cutting and fastening tissue1,476US 8,945,163 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Methods and devices for providing access into a body cavity1,439US 8,257,251 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2012
- Surgical access device1,359US 8,485,970 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013