A61B 2034/301
For introducing or steering flexible instruments inserted into the body
Official title: {for introducing or steering flexible instruments inserted into the body, e.g. catheters or endoscopes}
A61B2034/301 (For introducing or steering flexible instruments inserted into the body) appears on 2,750 US grants and 4,257 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,750
- Published applications
- 4,257
- Assignees
- 594
- Inventors
- 4,057
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 2 | 26 |
| 2003 | 3 | 23 |
| 2004 | 7 | 20 |
| 2005 | 24 | 32 |
| 2006 | 13 | 39 |
| 2007 | 11 | 44 |
| 2008 | 4 | 73 |
| 2009 | 10 | 46 |
| 2010 | 20 | 52 |
| 2011 | 41 | 73 |
| 2012 | 35 | 94 |
| 2013 | 52 | 81 |
| 2014 | 61 | 118 |
| 2015 | 63 | 126 |
| 2016 | 83 | 157 |
| 2017 | 118 | 205 |
| 2018 | 110 | 163 |
| 2019 | 155 | 297 |
| 2020 | 183 | 384 |
| 2021 | 210 | 389 |
| 2022 | 221 | 342 |
| 2023 | 327 | 404 |
| 2024 | 359 | 440 |
| 2025 | 362 | 359 |
| 2026 | 256 | 265 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Continuum robot system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,778 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Operating feedback of guidewire/catheter advancement resistance for vascular intervention robot6 Oct 2026US 12,751,785 B2Shanghai Operation Robot Co., Ltd.
- Tension control in actuation of multi-joint medical instruments29 Sep 2026US 12,746,076 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- System with removable hubs for manual and robotic procedure29 Sep 2026US 12,746,077 B2Imperative Care, Inc.
- Device for automatically inserting and manipulating a medical tool into and within a bodily lumen8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305918 A1Microbot Medical Ltd.
- Robotic manipulation of a surgical tool handle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305919 A1Microbot Medical Ltd.
- Electromechanical Surgical System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306192 A1Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Pullwire slack detection and adjustment for flexible elongate devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306196 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Device for automatically threading guide wire into valve and fully-automatic radiography robot8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306197 A1Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Biomedical Robot Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electro-mechanical surgical device2,468US 6,846,308 B2Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2005
- Electro-mechanical surgical device2,366US 6,793,652 B1Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2004
- Electro-mechanical surgical device2,145US 6,849,071 B2Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2005
- Electro-mechanical surgical device2,114US 6,846,309 B2Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2005
- Flexible instrument2,033US 7,090,683 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2006