A61B 34/37
Leader-follower robots
Official title: Leader-follower robots (A61B34/35 takes precedence)
A61B34/37 (Leader-follower robots) appears on 3,837 US grants and 5,585 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 3,837
- Published applications
- 5,585
- Assignees
- 548
- Inventors
- 4,041
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 8 |
| 2002 | 14 | 35 |
| 2003 | 11 | 51 |
| 2004 | 23 | 30 |
| 2005 | 28 | 36 |
| 2006 | 29 | 49 |
| 2007 | 20 | 72 |
| 2008 | 16 | 72 |
| 2009 | 10 | 79 |
| 2010 | 38 | 63 |
| 2011 | 53 | 109 |
| 2012 | 55 | 118 |
| 2013 | 85 | 114 |
| 2014 | 89 | 182 |
| 2015 | 110 | 116 |
| 2016 | 143 | 177 |
| 2017 | 151 | 217 |
| 2018 | 142 | 257 |
| 2019 | 192 | 362 |
| 2020 | 258 | 488 |
| 2021 | 291 | 525 |
| 2022 | 296 | 521 |
| 2023 | 416 | 546 |
| 2024 | 518 | 529 |
| 2025 | 512 | 518 |
| 2026 | 303 | 311 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and methods for positioning a manipulator arm by clutching within a null-perpendicular space concurrent with null-space movement6 Oct 2026US 12,751,779 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Operating feedback of guidewire/catheter advancement resistance for vascular intervention robot6 Oct 2026US 12,751,785 B2Shanghai Operation Robot Co., Ltd.
- Robotic surgical system, control device of robotic surgical system, and control method of robotic surgical system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,081 B2Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Surgery robot system and use method therefor29 Sep 2026US 12,746,082 B2Sinovation (Beijing) Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
- Control system and method for robotic systems29 Sep 2026US 12,746,083 B2Momentis Surgical Ltd
- 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.
- Systems and methods for medical procedures using optical coherence tomography sensing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305944 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Pullwire slack detection and adjustment for flexible elongate devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306196 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Systems and methods for onscreen menus in a teleoperational medical system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306200 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
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 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
- Multi-component telepresence system and method2,738US 6,132,368 AIntuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2000