A61B 50/22
Racks
A61B50/22 (Racks) appears on 291 US grants and 308 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 291
- Published applications
- 308
- Assignees
- 152
- Inventors
- 539
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 7 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 9 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 6 | 4 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 | 9 |
| 2015 | 8 | 16 |
| 2016 | 5 | 21 |
| 2017 | 15 | 9 |
| 2018 | 9 | 20 |
| 2019 | 22 | 22 |
| 2020 | 14 | 47 |
| 2021 | 21 | 28 |
| 2022 | 26 | 15 |
| 2023 | 28 | 21 |
| 2024 | 30 | 18 |
| 2025 | 22 | 20 |
| 2026 | 5 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Rack for surgical instrument cleaning14 Jul 2026US 12,678,256 B2
- Surgical organizer7 Jul 2026US 12,672,930 B2Artisan Medical Devices Corp.
- Modular surgical energy system19 May 2026US 12,629,194 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Systems, apparatus and methods for automatically counting medical objects, estimating blood loss and/or communicating between medical equipment14 Apr 2026US 12,599,452 B2Medline Industries, Inc.
- Expandable holder sleeve, and tool set20 Jan 2026US 12,527,640 B2Aesculap AG
- Method for constructing and using a modular surgical energy system with multiple devices6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224264 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Mobile sterilization apparatus and method for using the same6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224764 A1SteriCUBE Surgical Systems, LLC
- Operating room efficiency system including sterile drape23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207290 A1Flex Operating Room, LLC
- Systems, apparatus and methods for automatically counting medical objects, estimating blood loss and/or communicating between medical equipment16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199047 A1Medline Industries, Inc.
- Method for communicating between modules and devices in a modular surgical system2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183035 A1Cilag GmbH International
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for sterilizing medical devices1,485US 5,732,821 ABiomet, Inc. · 1998
- Surgical tool with a display917US 10,548,673 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2020
- Medical device packaging with charging interface856US 9,000,720 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Robotics tool exchange567US 10,687,904 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2020
- Surgical tool with manual control of end effector jaws487US 10,500,000 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2019