A61B 2090/0804
Counting number of instruments used
Official title: {Counting number of instruments used; Instrument detectors}
A61B2090/0804 (Counting number of instruments used) appears on 526 US grants and 633 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 526
- Published applications
- 633
- Assignees
- 176
- Inventors
- 849
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 18 |
| 2006 | 7 | 14 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 |
| 2008 | 5 | 20 |
| 2009 | 11 | 8 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 |
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| 2015 | 15 | 47 |
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| 2017 | 26 | 40 |
| 2018 | 24 | 31 |
| 2019 | 22 | 44 |
| 2020 | 34 | 58 |
| 2021 | 25 | 51 |
| 2022 | 28 | 40 |
| 2023 | 47 | 39 |
| 2024 | 45 | 52 |
| 2025 | 47 | 33 |
| 2026 | 31 | 29 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Co-manipulation surgical systems having optical sensors for generating graphical displays25 Aug 2026US 12,714,521 B2Moon Surgical SAS
- Surgical instrument with motor disengagement in response to excess torque25 Aug 2026US 12,714,531 B2Cilag GmbH International
- System and method for managing surgical articles during a surgical procedure25 Aug 2026US 12,718,935 B2Stryker Corporation
- Surgical inventory systems28 Jul 2026US 12,690,943 B2Covidien LP
- Phototherapy devices for treatment of dermatological disorders of the scalp28 Jul 2026US 12,691,298 B2KNOW Bio, LLC
- Phototherapy devices for treatment of dermatological disorders of the scalp8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306869 A1KNOW Bio, LLC
- Method and apparatus for processing surgical information based on artificial intelligence1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294550 A1Korea Institute of Science and Technology
- Supports for surgical instruments24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283732 A1Sure Count Surgical, LLC
- Surgical instrument counting system and working platform thereof17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272597 A1
- Cartridge Status and Presence Detection6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224218 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Self contained gas powered surgical apparatus3,418US 5,312,023 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1994
- Surgical stapling apparatus3,191US 5,865,361 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1999
- Surgical stapling apparatus3,063US 6,241,139 B12001
- Self contained gas powered surgical apparatus2,718US 5,326,013 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1994
- Surgical stapling apparatus2,658US 6,079,606 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 2000