A61B 50/20
Holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
Official title: Holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments (drapes with means to hold surgical instruments A61B46/23; for catheters A61M25/02)
A61B50/20 (Holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments) appears on 1,448 US grants and 1,715 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,448
- Published applications
- 1,715
- Assignees
- 675
- Inventors
- 2,765
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 22 | 0 |
| 1995 | 22 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 2 |
| 2002 | 10 | 13 |
| 2003 | 11 | 13 |
| 2004 | 11 | 22 |
| 2005 | 10 | 29 |
| 2006 | 12 | 23 |
| 2007 | 6 | 35 |
| 2008 | 9 | 47 |
| 2009 | 14 | 26 |
| 2010 | 27 | 26 |
| 2011 | 24 | 62 |
| 2012 | 25 | 37 |
| 2013 | 33 | 57 |
| 2014 | 33 | 65 |
| 2015 | 53 | 81 |
| 2016 | 49 | 97 |
| 2017 | 69 | 90 |
| 2018 | 75 | 110 |
| 2019 | 95 | 124 |
| 2020 | 97 | 163 |
| 2021 | 105 | 125 |
| 2022 | 106 | 123 |
| 2023 | 105 | 101 |
| 2024 | 119 | 91 |
| 2025 | 102 | 94 |
| 2026 | 48 | 59 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Endoscope cleaning cart6 Oct 2026US 12,751,610 B2National University Corporation Ehime University
- Medical support and securing device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,787 B2
- Endoscope holder29 Sep 2026US 12,746,086 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Ultrasound probe hanger and method for suspending a wireless ultrasound transducer within a chamber of an ultrasound transducer high-level disinfection (HLD) system15 Sep 2026US 12,733,903 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Motion control for a medical installation15 Sep 2026US 12,734,688 B2Siemens Healthineers AG
- Clamping device and tool holder8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306207 A1
- Holding device for a sterile product, sterile product, and method for monitoring a sterile product cycle24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283743 A1Aesculap AG
- Systems and methods for monitoring subjects17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272327 A1Hillrom Services, Inc.
- Cannula set loading unit, cannula set loading device and cannula insertion system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272349 A1Vitestro Holding B.V.
- Apparatus and methods for hemodynamic monitoring17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272593 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotically-controlled surgical end effector system with rotary actuated closure systems2,881US 8,573,465 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Robotically-controlled disposable motor-driven loading unit2,372US 8,752,749 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Robotically-controlled surgical end effector system2,190US 8,783,541 B22014
- Robotically-driven surgical instrument with E-beam driver2,165US 9,060,770 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Detachable motor powered surgical instrument1,617US 9,084,601 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015