A61B 2018/1452
Including means for cutting
Official title: {including means for cutting (A61B2018/146 takes precedence)}
A61B2018/1452 (Including means for cutting) appears on 1,963 US grants and 2,492 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
- 188
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tissue monitoring electrosurgical instruments and methods of using the same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,761 B2Standard Bariatrics, Inc.
- Electrosurgical system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,052 B2Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Endoscopic cutting forceps with jaw clamp lever latching mechanism29 Sep 2026US 12,748,452 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Methods of electrosurgical instruments with otomy feature for teleoperated medical systems15 Sep 2026US 12,733,973 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Circularity systems and methods for vessel sealers15 Sep 2026US 12,733,974 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Combination ultrasonic and electrosurgical instrument with adjustable energy modalities and method for limiting blade temperature8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306159 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Hf instrument having a jaw part8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306164 A1
- Technologies for operating an energy-based surgical instrument based on a tissue fingerprint1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294512 A1
- Energy-based surgical instruments including an insulated electrode1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294514 A1
- Technologies for maintaining electrical connectivity in rotating components of energy-based surgical instruments1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294517 A1Cilag GmbH International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotically-controlled surgical end effector system with rotary actuated closure systems2,881US 8,573,465 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Impedance feedback monitor for electrosurgical instrument2,654US 5,558,671 A1996
- Electrosurgical jaw structure for controlled energy delivery2,489US 6,770,072 B1SurgRx, Inc. · 2004
- Electrosurgical hemostatic device with recessed and/or offset electrodes2,427US 5,688,270 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1997
- Electrosurgical systems and techniques for sealing tissue2,417US 6,656,177 B22003