A61B 2018/00619
Welding
Official title: {Welding}
A61B2018/00619 (Welding) appears on 515 US grants and 677 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 515
- Published applications
- 677
- Assignees
- 116
- Inventors
- 752
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2010 | 8 | 49 |
| 2011 | 29 | 34 |
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| 2024 | 29 | 13 |
| 2025 | 20 | 11 |
| 2026 | 9 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method of operating an articulating ultrasonic surgical instrument22 Sep 2026US 12,740,801 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Ultrasonic energy device which varies pressure applied by clamp arm to provide threshold control pressure at a cut progression location18 Aug 2026US 12,708,427 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Mid-infrared laser-activated tissue sealing using biomaterials2 Jun 2026US 12,642,515 B2Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
- Modular surgical energy system19 May 2026US 12,629,194 B2Cilag GmbH International
- End effector drive mechanisms for surgical instruments such as for use in robotic surgical systems28 Apr 2026US 12,611,246 B2Covidien LP
- Mid-infrared laser-activated tissue sealing using biomaterials17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272434 A1Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
- Method for constructing and using a modular surgical energy system with multiple devices6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224264 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Devices and methods for end-to-end anastomosis23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207199 A1
- Method for communicating between modules and devices in a modular surgical system2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183035 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Bipolar combination device that automatically adjusts pressure based on energy modality18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165769 A1Cilag GmbH International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrosurgical instrument2,373US 6,926,716 B2SurgRx, Inc. · 2005
- Method of fusing biomaterials with radiofrequency energy2,338US 7,160,299 B2Sherwood Services AG · 2007
- Bipolar electrosurgical instrument with replaceable electrodes2,299US 6,050,996 ASherwood Services AG · 2000
- Surgical instrument soft stop2,256US 9,307,986 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Electrosurgical instrument and method of use2,151US 7,087,054 B2SurgRx, Inc. · 2006