A61B 2218/006
For smoke evacuation
Official title: for smoke evacuation
A61B2218/006 (For smoke evacuation) appears on 151 US grants and 198 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 151
- Published applications
- 198
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 308
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 7 |
| 2015 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 8 |
| 2018 | 3 | 11 |
| 2019 | 7 | 21 |
| 2020 | 7 | 40 |
| 2021 | 10 | 29 |
| 2022 | 17 | 9 |
| 2023 | 23 | 14 |
| 2024 | 33 | 10 |
| 2025 | 9 | 6 |
| 2026 | 9 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ophthalmic speculum with an air-flow system28 Jul 2026US 12,690,854 B2Alcon Inc.
- Motor speed control circuits for surgical systems7 Jul 2026US 12,672,765 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Integrated robotic insufflation and smoke evacuation23 Jun 2026US 12,661,200 B2Auris Health, Inc.
- Method of hub communication with surgical instrument systems16 Jun 2026US 12,653,628 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Smoke mitigation assembly for bipolar pencil26 May 2026US 12,636,072 B2Covidien LP
- Flow device for surgical smoke evacuating systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306157 A1Covidien LP
- Electrosurgical implement27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248553 A1GForce Concepts Limited
- Method for constructing and using a modular surgical energy system with multiple devices6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224264 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Method for communicating between modules and devices in a modular surgical system2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183035 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Setting evacuation motor speeds for surgical tool evacuation modules21 May 2026US 2026/0137463 A1Cilag GmbH International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instrument with feedback at end effector1,217US 9,050,100 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Communication hub and storage device for storing parameters and status of a surgical device to be shared with cloud based analytics systems421US 11,202,570 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2021
- Medical/surgical waste collection unit including waste containers of different storage volumes with inter-container transfer valve and independently controlled vacuum levels332US 7,621,898 B2Stryker Corporation · 2009
- Medical/surgical waste collection and disposal system including a rover and a docker, the docker having features facilitating the alignment of the docker with the rover285US 8,740,866 B2Stryker Corporation · 2014
- Identification of surgical smoke281US 9,255,907 B2Empire Technology Development LLC · 2016