A61B 46/10
Surgical drapes: specially adapted for instruments
Official title: specially adapted for instruments{, e.g. microscopes}
A61B46/10 (Surgical drapes: specially adapted for instruments) appears on 1,575 US grants and 1,847 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,575
- Published applications
- 1,847
- Assignees
- 558
- Inventors
- 2,652
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 110 | 111 |
| 2025 | 106 | 87 |
| 2026 | 60 | 59 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Draping a wall of an imaging device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,786 B2Siemens Healthineers AG
- Systems and methods of steerable elongate device29 Sep 2026US 12,748,504 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Medical condom and automatic medical condom supply device22 Sep 2026US 12,740,761 B2IBMsol CO., LTD.
- Hygiene cover for a medical imaging device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,836 B2DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
- Co-manipulation surgical systems having optical sensors for generating graphical displays25 Aug 2026US 12,714,521 B2Moon Surgical SAS
- Electromechanical Surgical System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306192 A1Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Protection sleeve for reusable handheld instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306206 A1Stryker Corporation
- Systems and methods for illumination and imaging of a target8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313238 A1Stryker Corporation
- Radiotherapy patient positioning system protective cover1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294570 A1Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
- Sterile monitor and display covering for surgical environments1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294571 A1Medline Industries, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical robotic tools, data architecture, and use2,959US 6,331,181 B1Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2001
- Multi-component telepresence system and method2,738US 6,132,368 AIntuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2000
- Automated endoscope system for optimal positioning2,652US 5,878,193 AComputer Motion, Inc. · 1999
- Mechanical actuator interface system for robotic surgical tools2,625US 6,491,701 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2002
- Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures2,567US 5,855,583 AComputer Motion, Inc. · 1999