A61B 2050/375
For sponges
Official title: {for sponges}
A61B2050/375 (For sponges) appears on 39 US grants and 49 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 39
- Published applications
- 49
- Assignees
- 18
- Inventors
- 74
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for managing surgical articles during a surgical procedure25 Aug 2026US 12,718,935 B2Stryker Corporation
- Systems and methods for managing surgical sponges19 May 2026US 12,629,228 B2Stryker Corporation
- Systems, apparatus and methods for automatically counting medical objects, estimating blood loss and/or communicating between medical equipment14 Apr 2026US 12,599,452 B2Medline Industries, Inc.
- Height adjustable medical bucket15 Jul 2025US 12,357,410 B2Stryker Corporation
- System and method for managing surgical articles during a surgical procedure25 Feb 2025US 12,237,076 B2Stryker Corporation
- Surgical safety apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199046 A1Eureka Inventions Limited
- Systems, apparatus and methods for automatically counting medical objects, estimating blood loss and/or communicating between medical equipment16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199047 A1Medline Industries, Inc.
- Height Adjustable Medical Bucket15 Jan 2026US 2026/0013964 A1Stryker Corporation
- System And Method For Managing Surgical Articles During A Surgical Procedure29 May 2025US 2025/0174340 A1Stryker Corporation
- System, apparatus and methods for counting and detecting surgical sponges22 May 2025US 2025/0165922 A1Augustine Biomedical + Design, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic surgical sponge counter and blood loss determination system264US 5,923,001 ASurgical Resources, L.L.C. · 1999
- Radiologically trackable surgical sponges197US 7,001,366 B22006
- Intraoperative tracking devices and processes159US 5,629,498 A1997
- Automatic surgical sponge counter and blood loss determination system152US 5,650,596 ASurgical Resources, L.L.C. · 1997
- System and method of tracking surgical sponges151US 6,777,623 B22004