A61B 2090/0811
For the position of a particular part of an instrument with respect
Official title: {for the position of a particular part of an instrument with respect to the rest of the instrument, e.g. position of the anvil of a stapling instrument}
A61B2090/0811 (For the position of a particular part of an instrument with respect) appears on 2,930 US grants and 3,761 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,930
- Published applications
- 3,761
- Assignees
- 652
- Inventors
- 3,619
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 6 |
| 2003 | 4 | 7 |
| 2004 | 7 | 15 |
| 2005 | 3 | 19 |
| 2006 | 3 | 31 |
| 2007 | 6 | 48 |
| 2008 | 15 | 85 |
| 2009 | 13 | 51 |
| 2010 | 42 | 83 |
| 2011 | 35 | 85 |
| 2012 | 60 | 141 |
| 2013 | 83 | 123 |
| 2014 | 93 | 170 |
| 2015 | 95 | 180 |
| 2016 | 134 | 221 |
| 2017 | 157 | 266 |
| 2018 | 140 | 251 |
| 2019 | 242 | 432 |
| 2020 | 261 | 300 |
| 2021 | 297 | 275 |
| 2022 | 288 | 288 |
| 2023 | 279 | 194 |
| 2024 | 258 | 219 |
| 2025 | 216 | 182 |
| 2026 | 116 | 87 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Aseptic non-invasive valsalva maneuver apparatus and method for enhancing echocardiographic diagnosis24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283478 A1
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Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Robotically-controlled surgical end effector system with rotary actuated closure systems2,881US 8,573,465 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Surgical stapling instrument with mechanical mechanism for limiting maximum tissue compression2,855US 7,506,791 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009