A61B 34/25
User interfaces for surgical systems
Official title: {User interfaces for surgical systems}
A61B34/25 (User interfaces for surgical systems) appears on 4,953 US grants and 7,437 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 4,953
- Published applications
- 7,437
- Assignees
- 1,230
- Inventors
- 8,041
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 10 |
| 2002 | 14 | 18 |
| 2003 | 13 | 29 |
| 2004 | 14 | 56 |
| 2005 | 11 | 67 |
| 2006 | 12 | 63 |
| 2007 | 19 | 71 |
| 2008 | 11 | 122 |
| 2009 | 33 | 117 |
| 2010 | 47 | 106 |
| 2011 | 66 | 107 |
| 2012 | 86 | 160 |
| 2013 | 114 | 150 |
| 2014 | 108 | 180 |
| 2015 | 139 | 202 |
| 2016 | 146 | 249 |
| 2017 | 172 | 304 |
| 2018 | 188 | 366 |
| 2019 | 256 | 525 |
| 2020 | 346 | 599 |
| 2021 | 383 | 675 |
| 2022 | 421 | 689 |
| 2023 | 588 | 707 |
| 2024 | 626 | 729 |
| 2025 | 677 | 670 |
| 2026 | 413 | 466 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 2034/256Having a database of accessory informationIndexing code967
- A61B 2034/252Indicating steps of a surgical procedureIndexing code905
- A61B 2034/254Being adapted depending on the stage of the surgical procedureIndexing code761
- A61B 2034/258Providing specific settings for specific usersIndexing code315
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for fault reaction mechanisms for medical robotic systems6 Oct 2026US 12,751,772 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Surgical system for positioning prosthetic component and/or for constraining movement of surgical tool6 Oct 2026US 12,751,774 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Systems and methods for adaptive planning and control of a surgical tool6 Oct 2026US 12,751,775 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Two-tool anatomy stabilization6 Oct 2026US 12,751,781 B2LEM Surgical AG
- Bilateral surgical robotic system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,782 B2LEM Surgical AG
- Handheld Penetrative Devices for Treating Pleural Conditions, and Related Methods and Systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306130 A1Creare Inc.
- Tissue resection progress indicator8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306183 A1
- Systems and methods for intraoperatively updating a graphical user interface based on intraoperative imaging data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306190 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Image registrations with automatic spinal alignment measurement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306191 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Control of an endoscope by a surgical robot8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306198 A1Auris Health, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Integrated system for powered surgical tools2,165US 6,017,354 AStryker Corporation · 2000
- Image-directed robotic system for precise robotic surgery including redundant consistency checking2,101US 5,408,409 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1995
- Microsurgical robot system2,061US 7,155,316 B2Microbotics Corporation · 2006
- Powered surgical handpiece with removable control switch1,906US 6,752,816 B2Stryker Corporation · 2004
- Surgical biopsy system with remote control for selecting an operational mode1,887US 6,752,768 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2004