A61B 2090/062
Penetration depth
Official title: {penetration depth}
A61B2090/062 (Penetration depth) appears on 2,225 US grants and 2,719 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,225
- Published applications
- 2,719
- Assignees
- 882
- Inventors
- 3,890
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 35 | 0 |
| 2001 | 30 | 14 |
| 2002 | 28 | 38 |
| 2003 | 40 | 57 |
| 2004 | 28 | 83 |
| 2005 | 15 | 57 |
| 2006 | 29 | 70 |
| 2007 | 36 | 77 |
| 2008 | 12 | 103 |
| 2009 | 31 | 88 |
| 2010 | 50 | 72 |
| 2011 | 57 | 83 |
| 2012 | 72 | 127 |
| 2013 | 77 | 83 |
| 2014 | 78 | 110 |
| 2015 | 89 | 101 |
| 2016 | 103 | 124 |
| 2017 | 115 | 135 |
| 2018 | 80 | 108 |
| 2019 | 123 | 169 |
| 2020 | 122 | 163 |
| 2021 | 114 | 191 |
| 2022 | 117 | 154 |
| 2023 | 128 | 155 |
| 2024 | 167 | 145 |
| 2025 | 138 | 135 |
| 2026 | 69 | 77 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Depth stop adapter6 Oct 2026US 12,751,788 B2Medos International Sarl
- Devices and methods of visualizing and determining depth of penetration in cardiac tissue29 Sep 2026US 12,745,999 B2Ancora Heart, Inc.
- Implantable guide device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,089 B2Neurochase Technologies Limited
- Devices and methods for tissue repair1 Sep 2026US 12,721,617 B2Medos International Sarl
- Surgical system for positioning prosthetic component and/or for constraining movement of surgical tool25 Aug 2026US 12,714,516 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Pullwire slack detection and adjustment for flexible elongate devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306196 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Airway Implant System and Method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283645 A1Somnus Technologies, Inc.
- Distal radius implants and instruments24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283661 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- System and method of operating surgical robotic systems with access ports of varying length24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283729 A1Covidien LP
- Minimally Invasive Integrated Instrument Assembly for Spinal Surgery17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272476 A1Unintech GmbH
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By later US patents
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- Advanced wound site management systems and methods1,884US 6,767,356 B2AngioLink Corporation · 2004
- Surgical staples and methods for stapling1,847US 6,616,686 B22003
- Laparoscopic instruments1,844US 5,350,391 A1994
- Method and device for percutaneous sealing of internal puncture sites1,783US 6,033,427 A2000