A61B 2018/00309
Passive
Official title: {passive, e.g. palpable click when activating a button}
A61B2018/00309 (Passive) appears on 57 US grants and 73 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 57
- Published applications
- 73
- Assignees
- 24
- Inventors
- 96
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 23 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 |
| 2022 | 8 | 7 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Forceps including actuation limiting10 Mar 2026US 12,569,268 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Forceps motion transfer assembly3 Mar 2026US 12,564,415 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Forceps jaw activation3 Feb 2026US 12,539,131 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Unitary endoscopic vessel harvesting devices with a visual cue to identify orientation of cutting elements3 Feb 2026US 12,539,163 B2Biomet Microfixation, LLC
- Surgical forceps9 Dec 2025US 12,491,022 B2Covidien LP
- Forceps motion transfer assembly4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151152 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Spring assisted sealing instrument9 Apr 2026US 2026/0096844 A1Covidien LP
- Surgical instrument with dual mode end effector and modular clamp arm assembly5 Jun 2025US 2025/0177080 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Unitary endoscopic vessel harvesting devices with a visual cue to identify orientation of cutting elements15 May 2025US 2025/0152232 A1Saphena Medical, Inc.
- Forceps drive systems20 Mar 2025US 2025/0090187 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrosurgical cutting and sealing instrument295US 9,192,431 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Surgical instrument with system and method for springing open jaw members252US 10,070,916 B2Covidien LP · 2018
- Surgical instrument147US 10,524,854 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2020
- Vessel sealing instrument75US 9,498,279 B2Covidien LP · 2016
- Vessel sealing instrument49US 9,655,672 B2Covidien LP · 2017