A61B 50/31
Carrying cases or bags
Official title: Carrying cases or bags, e.g. doctors' bags
A61B50/31 (Carrying cases or bags) appears on 282 US grants and 275 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 282
- Published applications
- 275
- Assignees
- 175
- Inventors
- 608
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 4 |
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| 2004 | 7 | 9 |
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| 2017 | 10 | 28 |
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| 2019 | 30 | 17 |
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| 2021 | 14 | 14 |
| 2022 | 11 | 10 |
| 2023 | 12 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Visualisation device to provide information on the desired shape of a posterior spinal rod21 Jul 2026US 12,685,567 B2Ignite-Concepts GmbH
- System for communications in austere environments20 Jan 2026US 12,531,153 B2
- System, method and kit for 3D body imaging11 Nov 2025US 12,465,217 B2H3Alth Technologies Inc.
- Medical instrument guidance body-worn camera system19 Mar 2026US 2026/0080638 A1Zimmer, Inc.
- System, Method, and Apparatus for Remote Patient Care13 Nov 2025US 2025/0346051 A1DEKA Products Limited Partnership
- Method for anchoring amniotic membrane to a contact lens carrier2 Oct 2025US 2025/0306398 A1
- Medical device with enhanced storage and portability25 Sep 2025US 2025/0295928 A1Stryker Corporation
- Shielding container for transporting a receptacle containing a radioactive product19 Jun 2025US 2025/0195744 A1Lemer Pax
Most cited
By later US patents
- Connectable instrument trays for creating a modular case1,468US 7,909,191 B2Greatbatch Ltd. · 2011
- Method of applying a buttress to a surgical stapler end effector723US 10,166,023 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2019
- Medical instrument sterilization container615US 5,474,738 AJohnson & Johnson Medical, Inc. · 1995
- Providing a medical support device via an unmanned aerial vehicle489US 8,948,935 B1Google Inc. · 2015
- Instrument kit and procedure for performing posterior lumbar interbody fusion326US 4,736,738 A1988