A61B 46/20
Surgical drapes: specially adapted for patients
Official title: specially adapted for patients
A61B46/20 (Surgical drapes: specially adapted for patients) appears on 963 US grants and 1,041 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 963
- Published applications
- 1,041
- Assignees
- 391
- Inventors
- 1,651
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 12 | 22 |
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| 2007 | 10 | 30 |
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| 2009 | 13 | 14 |
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| 2022 | 61 | 73 |
| 2023 | 63 | 67 |
| 2024 | 57 | 60 |
| 2025 | 46 | 35 |
| 2026 | 27 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Connection systems and methods for establishing optical and electrical connections through a drape15 Sep 2026US 12,734,006 B2Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Hygiene cover for a medical imaging device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,836 B2DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
- Surgical drape with separable elements11 Aug 2026US 12,702,514 B2Creative Surgical Solutions, LLC
- Robotic surgical systems and methods for rod bending4 Aug 2026US 12,697,156 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Portal-establishing devices and methods thereof for establishing portals in procedural barriers28 Jul 2026US 12,690,935 B2Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Laparoscope drive system, laparoscope installation detection method, and surgical robot8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305932 A1Ronovo (Shanghai) Medical Science and Technology Ltd.
- Medical Device Projection System1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294554 A1C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Face shield apparatuses and systems including same3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256538 A1The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
- Surgical robot platform20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240615 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Surgical drape and systems including surgical drape and attachment sensor13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232401 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tool member cover and cover deployment device1,694US 8,579,937 B2Covidien LP · 2013
- Methods and apparatus for inhibiting contamination of reusable pulse oximetry sensors1,617US 5,619,992 A1997
- Wireless communication in a robotic surgical system1,565US 7,955,322 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2011
- Method and apparatus for use in endoscopic procedures1,510US 5,375,588 A1994
- Surgical drape and suction head for wound treatment1,492US 6,345,623 B12002