A61B 2018/144
Wire
Official title: {Wire}
A61B2018/144 (Wire) appears on 557 US grants and 939 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 557
- Published applications
- 939
- Assignees
- 252
- Inventors
- 1,394
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 12 | 12 |
| 2004 | 7 | 10 |
| 2005 | 6 | 21 |
| 2006 | 9 | 15 |
| 2007 | 5 | 30 |
| 2008 | 10 | 22 |
| 2009 | 13 | 42 |
| 2010 | 19 | 13 |
| 2011 | 12 | 18 |
| 2012 | 13 | 19 |
| 2013 | 20 | 14 |
| 2014 | 18 | 35 |
| 2015 | 28 | 33 |
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| 2017 | 28 | 43 |
| 2018 | 24 | 37 |
| 2019 | 26 | 34 |
| 2020 | 31 | 63 |
| 2021 | 29 | 89 |
| 2022 | 31 | 51 |
| 2023 | 34 | 70 |
| 2024 | 61 | 69 |
| 2025 | 43 | 83 |
| 2026 | 29 | 57 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Uterine manipulator with cutting head17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272511 A1Freyja Healthcare, LLC
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Endocutter with staple feed1,838US 7,988,026 B2Cardica, Inc. · 2011
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- Vessel sealer and divider1,735US 7,101,371 B22006
- Electrosurgical system1,647US 8,562,598 B2Applied Medical Resources Corporation · 2013
- Minimally invasive intact recovery of tissue1,399US 6,471,659 B2Neothermia Corporation · 2002