A61B 34/30
Surgical robots
A61B34/30 (Surgical robots) appears on 11,410 US grants and 16,537 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 11,410
- Published applications
- 16,537
- Assignees
- 1,835
- Inventors
- 12,406
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 21 | 17 |
| 2002 | 31 | 60 |
| 2003 | 24 | 85 |
| 2004 | 40 | 63 |
| 2005 | 43 | 82 |
| 2006 | 51 | 94 |
| 2007 | 35 | 150 |
| 2008 | 26 | 192 |
| 2009 | 32 | 168 |
| 2010 | 76 | 213 |
| 2011 | 111 | 281 |
| 2012 | 141 | 298 |
| 2013 | 200 | 359 |
| 2014 | 255 | 551 |
| 2015 | 294 | 464 |
| 2016 | 386 | 630 |
| 2017 | 455 | 723 |
| 2018 | 508 | 952 |
| 2019 | 667 | 1273 |
| 2020 | 873 | 1355 |
| 2021 | 965 | 1477 |
| 2022 | 945 | 1519 |
| 2023 | 1232 | 1498 |
| 2024 | 1477 | 1579 |
| 2025 | 1466 | 1446 |
| 2026 | 951 | 1008 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 34/37Leader-follower robots3,837
- A61B 2034/301For introducing or steering flexible instruments inserted into the bodyIndexing code2,750
- A61B 2034/305Details of wrist mechanisms at distal ends of robotic armsIndexing code2,196
- A61B 34/35For telesurgery2,145
- A61B 2034/302Specifically adapted for manipulations within body cavitiesIndexing code1,572
- A61B 34/32Operating autonomously1,089
- A61B 2034/303Specifically adapted for manipulations within body lumensIndexing code435
- A61B 2034/304Including a freely orientable platformIndexing code263
Recent patents
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Autonomous orthopedics8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306155 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic surgical tool with ultrasound cauterizing and cutting instrument3,961US 6,783,524 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2004
- Articulated surgical instrument for performing minimally invasive surgery with enhanced dexterity and sensitivity3,169US 5,792,135 AIntuitive Surgical, Inc. · 1998
- Surgical instrument having recording capabilities3,034US 7,845,537 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Surgical robotic tools, data architecture, and use2,959US 6,331,181 B1Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2001
- Robotically-controlled surgical end effector system with rotary actuated closure systems2,881US 8,573,465 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013