A61B 90/00
Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not
Official title: Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
A61B90/00 (Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not) appears on 51,667 US grants and 66,571 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 51,667
- Published applications
- 66,571
- Assignees
- 11,273
- Inventors
- 64,497
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 30 | 0 |
| 1977 | 31 | 0 |
| 1978 | 25 | 0 |
| 1979 | 24 | 0 |
| 1980 | 55 | 0 |
| 1981 | 32 | 0 |
| 1982 | 41 | 0 |
| 1983 | 48 | 0 |
| 1984 | 47 | 0 |
| 1985 | 74 | 0 |
| 1986 | 116 | 0 |
| 1987 | 117 | 0 |
| 1988 | 102 | 0 |
| 1989 | 149 | 0 |
| 1990 | 160 | 0 |
| 1991 | 180 | 0 |
| 1992 | 199 | 0 |
| 1993 | 253 | 0 |
| 1994 | 374 | 0 |
| 1995 | 425 | 0 |
| 1996 | 434 | 0 |
| 1997 | 484 | 0 |
| 1998 | 673 | 0 |
| 1999 | 608 | 0 |
| 2000 | 622 | 0 |
| 2001 | 648 | 240 |
| 2002 | 617 | 831 |
| 2003 | 673 | 943 |
| 2004 | 579 | 1241 |
| 2005 | 402 | 1324 |
| 2006 | 501 | 1389 |
| 2007 | 549 | 1645 |
| 2008 | 433 | 1956 |
| 2009 | 558 | 1710 |
| 2010 | 1052 | 1870 |
| 2011 | 1110 | 1866 |
| 2012 | 1367 | 2145 |
| 2013 | 1607 | 2266 |
| 2014 | 1767 | 2703 |
| 2015 | 1893 | 2803 |
| 2016 | 1978 | 3161 |
| 2017 | 2315 | 3477 |
| 2018 | 2248 | 3471 |
| 2019 | 3084 | 4205 |
| 2020 | 3332 | 4277 |
| 2021 | 3169 | 4439 |
| 2022 | 3249 | 4417 |
| 2023 | 3464 | 4134 |
| 2024 | 3773 | 4034 |
| 2025 | 3728 | 3642 |
| 2026 | 2268 | 2382 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 90/36Image-producing devices or illumination devices not otherwise provided for16,050
- A61B 90/06Measuring instruments not otherwise provided for11,157
- A61B 90/39Markers11,104
- A61B 90/08Accessories or related features not otherwise provided for9,266
- A61B 90/03Automatic limiting or abutting means7,306
- A61B 90/50Supports for surgical instruments4,977
- A61B 90/90Identification means for patients or instruments4,747
- A61B 90/30Devices for illuminating a surgical field, the devices having an interrelation with4,586
All 17 subgroupsShow fewer
- A61B 90/10Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not3,535
- A61B 90/70Cleaning devices specially adapted for surgical instruments1,312
- A61B 90/20Surgical microscopes characterised by non-optical aspects1,036
- A61B 90/04Protection of tissue around surgical sites against effects of non-mechanical surgery754
- A61B 90/40Apparatus fixed or close to patients specially adapted for providing an aseptic722
- A61B 90/02Devices for expanding tissue582
- A61B 90/05Splash shields for protection of the surgeon223
- A61B 90/60Supports for surgeons175
- A61B 90/80Implements for cleaning or washing the skin of surgeons or patients161
Recent patents
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- Laparoscope drive system, laparoscope installation detection method, and surgical robot8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305932 A1Ronovo (Shanghai) Medical Science and Technology Ltd.
- Head-mounted display testing system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305935 A1Heru Inc.
- Systems and methods for medical procedures using optical coherence tomography sensing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305944 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Functional device, guiding catheter, biological interface system, and method for indwelling functional device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305966 A1The University of Osaka
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrosurgical hemostatic device4,011US 5,403,312 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Robotic surgical tool with ultrasound cauterizing and cutting instrument3,961US 6,783,524 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2004
- Articulation assembly for surgical instruments3,515US 5,704,534 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998
- Self contained gas powered surgical apparatus3,418US 5,312,023 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1994
- Surgical stapling instrument having a single lockout mechanism for prevention of firing3,405US 7,380,695 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008