A61B 2017/4216
Operations on uterus
Official title: {Operations on uterus, e.g. endometrium}
A61B2017/4216 (Operations on uterus) appears on 804 US grants and 1,080 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 804
- Published applications
- 1,080
- Assignees
- 308
- Inventors
- 1,340
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2005 | 6 | 37 |
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| 2019 | 37 | 73 |
| 2020 | 56 | 81 |
| 2021 | 55 | 75 |
| 2022 | 45 | 76 |
| 2023 | 49 | 66 |
| 2024 | 61 | 53 |
| 2025 | 57 | 56 |
| 2026 | 24 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cervical control systems and cervical control devices6 Oct 2026US 12,751,738 B2Novocuff, Inc.
- Medical device and method for preventing adhesions6 Oct 2026US 12,751,739 B2Meditrina, Inc.
- Robotically controlled uterine manipulator22 Sep 2026US 12,740,809 B2Cilag GmbH International
- First twin cervical dilation system and method25 Aug 2026US 12,714,465 B1
- System and method for controlling a surgical robotic system18 Aug 2026US 12,708,459 B2Covidien LP
- Balloon cervical dilation devices with telescoping inner shaft, methods of use and manufacture and kits therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306137 A1Medicines360
- Uterine hemorrhage controlling device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272509 A1Alydia Health, Inc.
- Medical robotic systems and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272510 A1Meditrina, Inc.
- Uterine manipulator with cutting head17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272511 A1Freyja Healthcare, LLC
- Uterine hemorrhage controlling system and method10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263075 A1Alydia Health, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Coagulating forceps2,401US 5,443,463 AVesta Medical, LLC · 1995
- Articulating endometrial ablation device2,066US 6,066,132 AEthicon, Inc. · 2000
- Apparatus for ablating turbinates1,524US 6,517,535 B2Gyrus Ent, L.L.C. · 2003
- Surgical instrument1,497US 7,896,877 B2Gyrus Medical Limited · 2011
- Methods and systems for organ resection1,467US 6,123,701 APerfect Surgical Techniques, Inc. · 2000