A61B 46/30
Surgical drapes: for surgery through the lower body openings
Official title: {for surgery through the lower body openings, e.g. urology, gynaecology}
A61B46/30 (Surgical drapes: for surgery through the lower body openings) appears on 120 US grants and 80 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 120
- Published applications
- 80
- Assignees
- 65
- Inventors
- 179
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Instrument adapter for robotic surgical instruments18 Aug 2026US 12,708,471 B1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Dual amniotic and placenta fluid measurement parturition drape18 Nov 2025US 12,472,027 B2Medline Industries, Inc.
- Surgical drape with canopy1 Jul 2025US 12,343,106 B2PROCEPT BioRobotics Corporation
- Catheter insertion-tray systems and methods thereof6 May 2025US 12,290,645 B2C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Expandable instrument actuator7 Jan 2025US 12,186,049 B2Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Isolating apparatuses for medical procedures20 Nov 2025US 2025/0352291 A1Ultraview Medical, LLC
- Catheter Insertion-Tray Systems and Methods Thereof4 Sep 2025US 2025/0276154 A1C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Medical Draping System23 Jan 2025US 2025/0025255 A1University of Iowa Research Foundation
- Tissue resection systems including fluid outflow management25 Jul 2024US 2024/0245419 A1Covidien LP
- Dual Amniotic and Placenta Fluid Measurement Parturition Drape4 Jul 2024US 2024/0216097 A1Medline Industries, Inc.
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