A61B 2090/3904
Specially adapted for marking specified tissue
Official title: {specially adapted for marking specified tissue}
A61B2090/3904 (Specially adapted for marking specified tissue) appears on 1,351 US grants and 1,827 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,351
- Published applications
- 1,827
- Assignees
- 562
- Inventors
- 2,414
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 16 |
| 2002 | 24 | 42 |
| 2003 | 28 | 27 |
| 2004 | 27 | 50 |
| 2005 | 11 | 77 |
| 2006 | 15 | 60 |
| 2007 | 11 | 60 |
| 2008 | 19 | 78 |
| 2009 | 35 | 61 |
| 2010 | 42 | 69 |
| 2011 | 39 | 52 |
| 2012 | 59 | 69 |
| 2013 | 49 | 73 |
| 2014 | 53 | 47 |
| 2015 | 52 | 53 |
| 2016 | 39 | 76 |
| 2017 | 50 | 72 |
| 2018 | 46 | 74 |
| 2019 | 65 | 123 |
| 2020 | 55 | 87 |
| 2021 | 78 | 87 |
| 2022 | 75 | 109 |
| 2023 | 88 | 125 |
| 2024 | 90 | 76 |
| 2025 | 101 | 101 |
| 2026 | 68 | 63 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Single origin marker assemblies and methods for their use22 Sep 2026US 12,740,838 B2LEM Surgical AG
- Systems and methods for uterine peristalsis imaging8 Sep 2026US 12,727,813 B2Washington University
- Shape memory marker deployment device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,609 B2Devicor Medical Products, Inc.
- Methods for localizing markers within a body25 Aug 2026US 12,714,328 B2Cianna Medical, Inc.
- Apparatus, system, and method for patient-specific methods and instrumentation25 Aug 2026US 12,714,445 B2Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
- Single origin marker assemblies and methods for their use8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306194 A1LEM Surgical AG
- Surgical robotics system with dynamic gap capture24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283708 A1MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Instruments for navigated orthopedic surgeries24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283710 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Biopsy site marker24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283740 A1Hologic, Inc.
- System and method for local three dimensional volume reconstruction using a standard fluoroscope17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272393 A1Covidien LP
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical circular stapler with tissue retention arrangements1,570US 8,801,735 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Implantable surgical marker1,541US 5,941,890 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1999
- Transwall visualization arrangements and methods for surgical circular staplers1,514US 8,672,207 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Circular stapling instruments with secondary cutting arrangements and methods of using same1,501US 8,801,734 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Medical procedures and apparatus using intrabody probes1,425US 6,332,089 B1Biosense, Inc. · 2001