A61B 2018/1455
Having a moving blade for cutting tissue grasped by the jaws
Official title: {having a moving blade for cutting tissue grasped by the jaws}
A61B2018/1455 (Having a moving blade for cutting tissue grasped by the jaws) appears on 1,617 US grants and 2,004 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,617
- Published applications
- 2,004
- Assignees
- 128
- Inventors
- 1,300
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 42 | 57 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- 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
- Articulation joint having an inner guide8 Sep 2026US 12,727,901 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Hf instrument having a jaw part8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306164 A1
- Energy-based surgical instruments including an insulated electrode1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294514 A1
- Electrosurgical instrument and electrosurgical apparatus10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263144 A1Creo Medical Limited
- Surgical robotic system and method for detecting detachment of instruments10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263173 A1Covidien LP
- System and method for minimally invasive cutting instrument operation3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256530 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
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