A61B 34/71
Manipulators operated by drive cable mechanisms
Official title: {Manipulators operated by drive cable mechanisms}
A61B34/71 (Manipulators operated by drive cable mechanisms) appears on 2,615 US grants and 3,495 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,615
- Published applications
- 3,495
- Assignees
- 442
- Inventors
- 2,640
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 277 | 261 |
| 2025 | 261 | 234 |
| 2026 | 145 | 125 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Replaceable surgical scissor blades for surgical instruments6 Oct 2026US 12,751,734 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Tool driver with reaction torque sensor for use in robotic surgery6 Oct 2026US 12,751,780 B2Auris Health, Inc.
- Forceps device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,023 B2Riverfield Inc.
- Tension control in actuation of multi-joint medical instruments29 Sep 2026US 12,746,076 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- System with removable hubs for manual and robotic procedure29 Sep 2026US 12,746,077 B2Imperative Care, Inc.
- Electromechanical Surgical System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306192 A1Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Articulation mechanism configurations and drive systems, and related devices and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306193 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Homing of a cable-driven surgical tool in a surgical robotic system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306195 A1Auris Health, Inc.
- Pullwire slack detection and adjustment for flexible elongate devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306196 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Medical robot having multiple manipulation means and methods of use thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306205 A1Canon U.S.A., 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 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 cable-based surgical end effectors2,844US 8,800,838 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014