A61B 2217/00
General characteristics of surgical instruments
A61B2217/00 (General characteristics of surgical instruments) appears on 4,677 US grants and 6,134 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- 1,465
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| 2026 | 254 | 266 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Hydro dissection and suction laparoscopic instruments and methods of use6 Oct 2026US 12,751,735 B2
- Surgical suction device that uses positive pressure gas29 Sep 2026US 12,745,935 B2Conmed Corporation
- Ultrasonic hypotube devices for treatment of CTOs and stenotic lesions29 Sep 2026US 12,746,019 B2Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Device and method for extraction of tissue from a subject8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306083 A1Alexandra Health Pte. Ltd.
- Medical cutting devices with static components having temperature sensors and related methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306109 A1Innovations 4 Surgery, LLC
- Systems, devices, and methods for treating vessel occlusions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306117 A1Covidien LP
- Cyclic aspiration system producing a cyclic aspiration pressure waveform having a fluid replenishment system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306118 A1Neuravi Limited
- Medical ultrasonic scalpel, medical ultrasonic scalpel system, and robot-assisted ultrasonic scalpel system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306123 A1Smtp Medical Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for ultrasonic surgical fragmentation and removal of tissue2,213US 4,827,911 ACooper LaserSonics, Inc. · 1989
- Adjustable angle medical forceps2,198US 5,209,747 A1993
- Method and apparatus for providing enhanced tissue fragmentation and/or hemostasis2,164US 4,931,047 ACavitron Corporation · 1990
- Robotic surgical instruments with a fluid flow control system for irrigation, aspiration, and blowing2,107US 8,241,271 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2012
- Smart recognition apparatus and method2,089US 6,068,627 AValleylab, Inc. · 2000