A61B 90/60
Supports for surgeons
Official title: Supports for surgeons, e.g. chairs or hand supports (seats for dentists or surgeons associated with dental chairs or operating chairs A61G15/08)
A61B90/60 (Supports for surgeons) appears on 175 US grants and 216 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 175
- Published applications
- 216
- Assignees
- 95
- Inventors
- 331
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 7 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 | 1 |
| 2014 | 3 | 10 |
| 2015 | 4 | 15 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10 |
| 2017 | 7 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3 | 14 |
| 2019 | 11 | 17 |
| 2020 | 8 | 20 |
| 2021 | 12 | 17 |
| 2022 | 11 | 18 |
| 2023 | 13 | 12 |
| 2024 | 15 | 20 |
| 2025 | 19 | 15 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System for supporting a surgeon29 Sep 2026US 12,746,097 B2Hellstern Medical GmbH
- Endoscope control system11 Aug 2026US 12,702,267 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Wearable support structures for medical devices26 May 2026US 12,636,121 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Systems and methods for docking surgical robotic arms3 Mar 2026US 12,564,422 B2Auris Health, Inc.
- Arm support structure arranged around an outside of a headrest of a dental or medical chair6 Jan 2026US 12,514,772 B2
- Weight distribution exoskeleton20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241542 A1StemRad Ltd.
- Ergonomic surgeon console11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157820 A15by5 Medical LLC
- Device for supporting an operator26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083528 A1Hellstern Medical GmbH
- Operating chair for supporting an operator26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083611 A1Hellstern Medical GmbH
- Patient-mounted surgical support25 Dec 2025US 2025/0387145 A1Medos International Sarl
Most cited
By later US patents
- Patient-side surgeon interface for a minimally invasive, teleoperated surgical instrument804US 8,521,331 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2013
- Anthro-centric multisensory interface for sensory augmentation of telesurgery277US 8,880,223 B2Florida Institute for Human & Maching Cognition · 2014
- Hyperdexterous surgical system263US 10,376,337 B2SRI International · 2019
- Hyperdexterous surgical system260US 10,383,699 B2SRI International · 2019
- Endoscope apparatus having a chair with a switch245US 4,854,301 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1989