A61B 2090/031
Torque limiting
Official title: {torque limiting}
A61B2090/031 (Torque limiting) appears on 715 US grants and 871 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 715
- Published applications
- 871
- Assignees
- 271
- Inventors
- 1,116
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 41 | 51 |
| 2026 | 25 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Tool driver with reaction torque sensor for use in robotic surgery6 Oct 2026US 12,751,780 B2Auris Health, Inc.
- Closure joint engagement for surgical tool25 Aug 2026US 12,714,528 B2Auris Health, Inc.
- System and method for force or torque limit compensation25 Aug 2026US 12,714,532 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Systems and methods for automatic grip adjustment during energy delivery25 Aug 2026US 12,714,533 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Torque-limiting devices, systems, and methods18 Aug 2026US 12,708,474 B2Pro-Dex, Inc.
- Spinal implant with ball and socket joint having multiple radius tear shaped geometry1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294486 A1Spinal Simplicity, LLC
- Teleoperated surgical system with patient health records based instrument control1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294567 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Controlling a surgical robot arm whilst entering a sleep mode1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295824 A1Cmr Surgical Limited
- Methods and features for coupling ultrasonic surgical instrument components together17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272496 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Intraoperative excessive body wall force detection and mitigation10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263180 A1Auris Health, Inc.
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