A61B 2090/0814
Preventing re-use
Official title: {Preventing re-use}
A61B2090/0814 (Preventing re-use) appears on 1,220 US grants and 1,371 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,220
- Published applications
- 1,371
- Assignees
- 257
- Inventors
- 1,254
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 75 | 70 |
| 2025 | 63 | 42 |
| 2026 | 33 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Thermal mechanism to prevent reprocessing or reuse of mechanical surgical devices29 Sep 2026US 12,745,993 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for extracting a ureteral stent29 Sep 2026US 12,746,137 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Feedback algorithms for manual bailout systems for surgical instruments15 Sep 2026US 12,733,931 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Limited-use surgical devices and limited-use disposable attachments for use with surgical devices25 Aug 2026US 12,714,442 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for providing sterile cover for non-contact fundus viewing device25 Aug 2026US 12,714,529 B2Oculus Optikgerate GmbH
- Medical Instrument and Retainer and Tip Protection Sheath8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306688 A1Cygnus Medical, LLC
- Phototherapy devices for treatment of dermatological disorders of the scalp8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306869 A1KNOW Bio, LLC
- Aseptic non-invasive valsalva maneuver apparatus and method for enhancing echocardiographic diagnosis24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283478 A1
- Surgical instrument with lockout mechanism13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232314 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Monitoring utilization of reusable surgical devices6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224327 A1Alcon Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical stapling instrument having a single lockout mechanism for prevention of firing3,405US 7,380,695 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical instrument with improvement safety lockout mechanisms3,124US 5,762,255 ARichard-Allan Medical Industries, Inc. · 1998
- Surgical stapler3,038US 5,129,570 AEthicon, Inc. · 1992
- Linear stapling mechanism with cutting means2,976US 5,307,976 AEthicon, Inc. · 1994
- Surgical instrument having a removable battery2,917US 7,464,846 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008