A61B 2034/715
Cable tensioning mechanisms for removing slack
Official title: {Cable tensioning mechanisms for removing slack}
A61B2034/715 (Cable tensioning mechanisms for removing slack) appears on 570 US grants and 744 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 570
- Published applications
- 744
- Assignees
- 147
- Inventors
- 764
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 27 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Tension control in actuation of multi-joint medical instruments29 Sep 2026US 12,746,076 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Steerable tip catheter with automatic tension apparatus8 Sep 2026US 12,727,953 B2Nextern Innovation, LLC
- Robotic surgical assembly25 Aug 2026US 12,714,523 B2Medical Microinstruments, Inc.
- Low-friction medical tools having roller-assisted tension members18 Aug 2026US 12,708,469 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Surgical stapler11 Aug 2026US 12,702,414 B2Ezisurg Medical Co., Ltd.
- Pullwire slack detection and adjustment for flexible elongate devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306196 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Surgical tool1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294458 A1AtriCure, Inc.
- Self-locking, bi-stable, crank-based pullwire actuator for intraluminal device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294525 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Systems and methods for positioning medical instruments17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272589 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Systems and methods for controlling elastic cable driven robot joints20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241555 A1Vicarious Surgical Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Articulated surgical instrument for performing minimally invasive surgery with enhanced dexterity and sensitivity3,169US 5,792,135 AIntuitive Surgical, Inc. · 1998
- Surgical cutting instrument with improved closure system2,680US 7,588,176 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009
- Cable driven surgical stapling and cutting instrument with apparatus for preventing inadvertent cable disengagement2,474US 7,510,107 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009
- Robotic apparatus2,381US 6,786,896 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2004
- Surgical stapling and cutting instrument with improved firing system2,320US 7,588,175 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009