A61B 2090/0801
Prevention of accidental cutting or pricking
Official title: {Prevention of accidental cutting or pricking}
A61B2090/0801 (Prevention of accidental cutting or pricking) appears on 2,070 US grants and 2,446 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,070
- Published applications
- 2,446
- Assignees
- 748
- Inventors
- 3,559
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 18 | 0 |
| 1994 | 29 | 0 |
| 1995 | 34 | 0 |
| 1996 | 36 | 0 |
| 1997 | 47 | 0 |
| 1998 | 31 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 11 |
| 2002 | 18 | 30 |
| 2003 | 23 | 33 |
| 2004 | 16 | 45 |
| 2005 | 14 | 67 |
| 2006 | 21 | 65 |
| 2007 | 13 | 75 |
| 2008 | 20 | 62 |
| 2009 | 24 | 60 |
| 2010 | 49 | 88 |
| 2011 | 54 | 69 |
| 2012 | 60 | 82 |
| 2013 | 64 | 88 |
| 2014 | 65 | 75 |
| 2015 | 70 | 111 |
| 2016 | 69 | 98 |
| 2017 | 97 | 150 |
| 2018 | 91 | 100 |
| 2019 | 112 | 180 |
| 2020 | 107 | 170 |
| 2021 | 140 | 177 |
| 2022 | 136 | 170 |
| 2023 | 144 | 129 |
| 2024 | 148 | 141 |
| 2025 | 125 | 107 |
| 2026 | 75 | 63 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for performing spine surgery29 Sep 2026US 12,745,997 B2NuVasive, Inc.
- Achilles tendon repair device25 Aug 2026US 12,714,419 B2
- Atherectomy catheters having movable beads25 Aug 2026US 12,714,457 B2Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Surgical system for positioning prosthetic component and/or for constraining movement of surgical tool25 Aug 2026US 12,714,516 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Surgical system for positioning prosthetic component and/or for constraining movement of surgical tool25 Aug 2026US 12,714,517 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Flow device for surgical smoke evacuating systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306157 A1Covidien LP
- Sheaths for needle delivery8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306752 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Calibrated power-driven surgical cutting device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294469 A1The Spectranetics Corporation
- Fastener cartridge comprising non-uniform fasteners24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283616 A1Cilag GmbH International
- System, apparatus, and method for cutting bone during an orthopaedic surgical procedure17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272473 A1DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Articulation assembly for surgical instruments3,515US 5,704,534 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998
- Surgical instrument3,312US 5,632,432 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1997
- Electronic lockouts and surgical instrument including same3,125US 7,644,848 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Surgical instrument2,967US 5,673,841 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1997
- Surgical instrument2,737US 5,673,840 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1997