A61B 34/76
Manipulators having means for providing feel
Official title: {Manipulators having means for providing feel, e.g. force or tactile feedback}
A61B34/76 (Manipulators having means for providing feel) appears on 2,036 US grants and 2,715 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,036
- Published applications
- 2,715
- Assignees
- 491
- Inventors
- 2,909
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 15 | 5 |
| 2002 | 14 | 20 |
| 2003 | 8 | 30 |
| 2004 | 18 | 16 |
| 2005 | 12 | 22 |
| 2006 | 19 | 30 |
| 2007 | 10 | 37 |
| 2008 | 12 | 28 |
| 2009 | 7 | 39 |
| 2010 | 24 | 40 |
| 2011 | 28 | 75 |
| 2012 | 39 | 56 |
| 2013 | 53 | 92 |
| 2014 | 46 | 104 |
| 2015 | 50 | 98 |
| 2016 | 82 | 83 |
| 2017 | 106 | 150 |
| 2018 | 87 | 157 |
| 2019 | 113 | 239 |
| 2020 | 131 | 229 |
| 2021 | 188 | 239 |
| 2022 | 159 | 238 |
| 2023 | 215 | 202 |
| 2024 | 223 | 181 |
| 2025 | 189 | 188 |
| 2026 | 121 | 117 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for generating customized control boundaries6 Oct 2026US 12,751,767 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Systems and methods for adaptive planning and control of a surgical tool6 Oct 2026US 12,751,775 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Operating feedback of guidewire/catheter advancement resistance for vascular intervention robot6 Oct 2026US 12,751,785 B2Shanghai Operation Robot Co., Ltd.
- Control system and method for robotic systems29 Sep 2026US 12,746,083 B2Momentis Surgical Ltd
- Robotically controlled uterine manipulator22 Sep 2026US 12,740,809 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Medical robot having multiple manipulation means and methods of use thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306205 A1Canon U.S.A., Inc.
- End Effectors And Methods For Driving Tools Guided By Surgical Robotic Systems1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294559 A1MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Systems And Methods For Identifying And Tracking Physical Objects During A Robotic Surgical Procedure24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283713 A1MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Reduction of false positive haptic inputs in a robotic surgical system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283721 A1Auris Health, Inc.
- Uniform scaling of haptic actuators24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283731 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
- 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