A61B 90/70
Cleaning devices specially adapted for surgical instruments
A61B90/70 (Cleaning devices specially adapted for surgical instruments) appears on 1,312 US grants and 1,731 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,312
- Published applications
- 1,731
- Assignees
- 540
- Inventors
- 2,552
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 4 |
| 2002 | 17 | 28 |
| 2003 | 19 | 24 |
| 2004 | 14 | 26 |
| 2005 | 11 | 27 |
| 2006 | 8 | 23 |
| 2007 | 5 | 39 |
| 2008 | 7 | 33 |
| 2009 | 11 | 67 |
| 2010 | 30 | 33 |
| 2011 | 30 | 43 |
| 2012 | 28 | 48 |
| 2013 | 34 | 66 |
| 2014 | 50 | 76 |
| 2015 | 60 | 98 |
| 2016 | 66 | 118 |
| 2017 | 68 | 105 |
| 2018 | 80 | 97 |
| 2019 | 94 | 110 |
| 2020 | 90 | 127 |
| 2021 | 75 | 103 |
| 2022 | 79 | 98 |
| 2023 | 79 | 97 |
| 2024 | 84 | 113 |
| 2025 | 78 | 78 |
| 2026 | 42 | 50 |
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
- Systems and methods for detecting failure in plasma treatment29 Sep 2026US 12,745,901 B2Plasmatica Ltd.
- Siphon protection and infection prevention of air-water tube end connector8 Sep 2026US 12,727,741 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Cleaning adapter with and without safety tag1 Sep 2026US 12,721,502 B2Medivators Inc.
- Dryness testing device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,696 B2Smartline Holdings Pty Ltd
- Medical tube clearance device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295207 A1Clearflow, Inc.
- Device for positioning a screen basket in a container24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283733 A1
- Holding device for a sterile product, sterile product, and method for monitoring a sterile product cycle24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283743 A1Aesculap AG
- Imaging element cleaning apparatus with single hand operability17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276977 A1ClearCam Inc.
- Novel endoscopic ultrasonic cleaning adapter10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263189 A1Ga Health Company Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical stapling apparatus with control features operable with one hand2,601US 7,819,298 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Surgical stapling apparatus with articulatable components2,470US 7,861,906 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2011
- Surgical stapling apparatus with retractable firing systems2,015US 7,819,296 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Surgical stapling apparatus with reprocessible handle assembly1,983US 7,819,297 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Surgical stapling apparatus with control features1,926US 8,113,410 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2012