A61B 34/00
Computer-aided surgery
Official title: Computer-aided surgery; Manipulators or robots specially adapted for use in surgery
A61B34/00 (Computer-aided surgery) appears on 25,729 US grants and 36,909 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 25,729
- Published applications
- 36,909
- Assignees
- 4,856
- Inventors
- 31,432
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 28 | 0 |
| 1994 | 31 | 0 |
| 1995 | 38 | 0 |
| 1996 | 41 | 0 |
| 1997 | 51 | 0 |
| 1998 | 115 | 0 |
| 1999 | 94 | 0 |
| 2000 | 118 | 0 |
| 2001 | 146 | 64 |
| 2002 | 152 | 222 |
| 2003 | 142 | 281 |
| 2004 | 163 | 279 |
| 2005 | 125 | 398 |
| 2006 | 128 | 390 |
| 2007 | 132 | 552 |
| 2008 | 116 | 694 |
| 2009 | 167 | 656 |
| 2010 | 335 | 716 |
| 2011 | 385 | 824 |
| 2012 | 515 | 931 |
| 2013 | 663 | 1019 |
| 2014 | 745 | 1349 |
| 2015 | 861 | 1280 |
| 2016 | 957 | 1688 |
| 2017 | 1150 | 1846 |
| 2018 | 1198 | 2172 |
| 2019 | 1666 | 2578 |
| 2020 | 1965 | 2667 |
| 2021 | 2001 | 2915 |
| 2022 | 1965 | 2883 |
| 2023 | 2354 | 2852 |
| 2024 | 2589 | 3013 |
| 2025 | 2714 | 2680 |
| 2026 | 1802 | 1960 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ultrasonic needle localization6 Oct 2026US 12,751,689 B2Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.
- Force measuring joint distraction lever6 Oct 2026US 12,751,708 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Replaceable surgical scissor blades for surgical instruments6 Oct 2026US 12,751,734 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Hydro dissection and suction laparoscopic instruments and methods of use6 Oct 2026US 12,751,735 B2
- Systems and methods for generating customized control boundaries6 Oct 2026US 12,751,767 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Device for automatically inserting and manipulating a medical tool into and within a bodily lumen8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305918 A1Microbot Medical Ltd.
- Robotic manipulation of a surgical tool handle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305919 A1Microbot Medical Ltd.
- Laparoscope drive system, laparoscope installation detection method, and surgical robot8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305932 A1Ronovo (Shanghai) Medical Science and Technology Ltd.
- Systems and methods for medical procedures using optical coherence tomography sensing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305944 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mapping electrodes from magnetic resonance imaging (mri) data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305945 A1The Regents of the University of Michigan
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic surgical tool with ultrasound cauterizing and cutting instrument3,961US 6,783,524 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2004
- Endoscopic surgical system with sensing means3,306US 5,383,880 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Motor-driven surgical cutting fastening instrument with tactile position feedback3,211US 7,422,139 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Articulated surgical instrument for performing minimally invasive surgery with enhanced dexterity and sensitivity3,169US 5,792,135 AIntuitive Surgical, Inc. · 1998
- Electronic lockouts and surgical instrument including same3,125US 7,644,848 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010