A61B 2090/033
Abutting means, stops
Official title: {Abutting means, stops, e.g. abutting on tissue or skin}
A61B2090/033 (Abutting means, stops) appears on 3,760 US grants and 4,775 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 3,760
- Published applications
- 4,775
- Assignees
- 1,225
- Inventors
- 6,122
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2021 | 278 | 324 |
| 2022 | 292 | 339 |
| 2023 | 280 | 264 |
| 2024 | 290 | 275 |
| 2025 | 268 | 260 |
| 2026 | 162 | 170 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Needle for delivery of multiple extending elements to tissue8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306135 A1University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Phototherapy devices for treatment of dermatological disorders of the scalp8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306869 A1KNOW Bio, LLC
- Image tube and endoscope1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294224 A1
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- Surgical cutting and stapling device with closure apparatus for limiting maximum tissue compression force2,500US 7,665,647 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
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