A61B 46/40
Drape material
Official title: {Drape material, e.g. laminates; Manufacture thereof}
A61B46/40 (Drape material) appears on 400 US grants and 471 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 400
- Published applications
- 471
- Assignees
- 222
- Inventors
- 864
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 | 8 | 5 |
| 2004 | 5 | 9 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 8 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 19 |
| 2012 | 1 | 11 |
| 2013 | 6 | 22 |
| 2014 | 11 | 17 |
| 2015 | 7 | 17 |
| 2016 | 8 | 15 |
| 2017 | 13 | 24 |
| 2018 | 12 | 28 |
| 2019 | 17 | 49 |
| 2020 | 31 | 53 |
| 2021 | 33 | 36 |
| 2022 | 30 | 34 |
| 2023 | 36 | 31 |
| 2024 | 34 | 21 |
| 2025 | 25 | 27 |
| 2026 | 19 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for providing sterile cover for non-contact fundus viewing device25 Aug 2026US 12,714,529 B2Oculus Optikgerate GmbH
- Instrument adapter for robotic surgical instruments18 Aug 2026US 12,708,471 B1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Surgical drape with separable elements11 Aug 2026US 12,702,514 B2Creative Surgical Solutions, LLC
- Portal-establishing devices and methods thereof for establishing portals in procedural barriers28 Jul 2026US 12,690,935 B2Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Sterilization wrap system28 Jul 2026US 12,690,936 B2Turbett Surgical, Inc.
- Sterile monitor and display covering for surgical environments1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294571 A1Medline Industries, Inc.
- Dissimilar polymer film joint with enhanced seal stability for medical drape1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294573 A1Medline Industries, Inc.
- Sterilization wrap system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294574 A1Turbett Surgical, Inc.
- Stowage covers for robotic surgical systems27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248579 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical draping system and method of using same23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207288 A1Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
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- Surgical stapler comprising storable cartridges having different staple sizes365US 11,147,547 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2021
- Surgical instrument comprising a tissue grasping system353US 11,179,152 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2021