A61B 2017/3492
Against the outside of the body
Official title: {against the outside of the body}
A61B2017/3492 (Against the outside of the body) appears on 816 US grants and 933 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 816
- Published applications
- 933
- Assignees
- 290
- Inventors
- 1,196
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 38 | 0 |
| 1999 | 26 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 4 |
| 2002 | 22 | 33 |
| 2003 | 21 | 21 |
| 2004 | 6 | 25 |
| 2005 | 6 | 33 |
| 2006 | 9 | 46 |
| 2007 | 7 | 40 |
| 2008 | 10 | 40 |
| 2009 | 17 | 24 |
| 2010 | 16 | 45 |
| 2011 | 26 | 27 |
| 2012 | 36 | 34 |
| 2013 | 32 | 38 |
| 2014 | 40 | 37 |
| 2015 | 31 | 28 |
| 2016 | 27 | 47 |
| 2017 | 34 | 34 |
| 2018 | 22 | 41 |
| 2019 | 41 | 43 |
| 2020 | 38 | 44 |
| 2021 | 48 | 84 |
| 2022 | 31 | 46 |
| 2023 | 40 | 35 |
| 2024 | 36 | 34 |
| 2025 | 28 | 34 |
| 2026 | 13 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Bleeding control device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272466 A1
- Securing A Catheter Device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263750 A1INTERRAD Medical, Inc.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for advancing a functional element through tissue1,593US 7,326,203 B2Depuy Acromed, Inc. · 2008
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- Tunneling instrument for port access multivessel coronary artery bypass surgery1,399US 6,613,069 B2Heartport, Inc. · 2003
- Retractor1,392US 6,254,534 B1Atropos Limited · 2001