A61B 2090/0807
Indication means
Official title: {Indication means}
A61B2090/0807 (Indication means) appears on 4,713 US grants and 6,347 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 4,713
- Published applications
- 6,347
- Assignees
- 1,188
- Inventors
- 6,673
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 7 |
| 2003 | 6 | 7 |
| 2004 | 7 | 19 |
| 2005 | 5 | 25 |
| 2006 | 4 | 41 |
| 2007 | 7 | 58 |
| 2008 | 15 | 102 |
| 2009 | 16 | 77 |
| 2010 | 46 | 125 |
| 2011 | 54 | 126 |
| 2012 | 82 | 201 |
| 2013 | 117 | 186 |
| 2014 | 135 | 250 |
| 2015 | 162 | 292 |
| 2016 | 188 | 330 |
| 2017 | 250 | 422 |
| 2018 | 223 | 422 |
| 2019 | 397 | 648 |
| 2020 | 421 | 524 |
| 2021 | 462 | 515 |
| 2022 | 441 | 534 |
| 2023 | 466 | 385 |
| 2024 | 462 | 431 |
| 2025 | 429 | 396 |
| 2026 | 219 | 222 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ophthalmic observation apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,751,618 B2Topcon Corporation
- Tool driver with reaction torque sensor for use in robotic surgery6 Oct 2026US 12,751,780 B2Auris Health, Inc.
- Depth stop adapter6 Oct 2026US 12,751,788 B2Medos International Sarl
- Interfixated vertebral body replacement and insertion methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,837 B2NuVasive, Inc.
- Devices and methods of visualizing and determining depth of penetration in cardiac tissue29 Sep 2026US 12,745,999 B2Ancora Heart, Inc.
- Sample collection device and associated methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306080 A1Copan Italia S.p.A.
- Surgical spatula8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306086 A1MINDER S.r.l.
- Hemostatic device and hemostatic method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294443 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems and methods of humeral head surgical guide and apparatuses1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294460 A1Glenoid Solutions, LLC
- Calibrated power-driven surgical cutting device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294469 A1The Spectranetics Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical stapling apparatus3,191US 5,865,361 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1999
- Surgical stapling apparatus3,063US 6,241,139 B12001
- Surgical instrument having recording capabilities3,034US 7,845,537 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Identification device for surgical instrument3,012US 5,529,235 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1996
- Surgical instrument having a removable battery2,917US 7,464,846 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008