A61B 90/94
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A61B90/94 (Coded with symbols) appears on 1,469 US grants and 2,177 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,469
- Published applications
- 2,177
- Assignees
- 634
- Inventors
- 2,907
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 6 |
| 2002 | 3 | 12 |
| 2003 | 8 | 14 |
| 2004 | 6 | 21 |
| 2005 | 4 | 28 |
| 2006 | 8 | 25 |
| 2007 | 11 | 35 |
| 2008 | 5 | 58 |
| 2009 | 15 | 30 |
| 2010 | 15 | 40 |
| 2011 | 16 | 44 |
| 2012 | 27 | 34 |
| 2013 | 29 | 50 |
| 2014 | 30 | 47 |
| 2015 | 40 | 93 |
| 2016 | 55 | 98 |
| 2017 | 64 | 100 |
| 2018 | 64 | 129 |
| 2019 | 77 | 123 |
| 2020 | 90 | 161 |
| 2021 | 107 | 182 |
| 2022 | 147 | 230 |
| 2023 | 151 | 198 |
| 2024 | 166 | 160 |
| 2025 | 180 | 159 |
| 2026 | 76 | 100 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sterile interface module for robotic surgical assemblies22 Sep 2026US 12,740,839 B2Covidien LP
- Surgical suture tensioning and labeling8 Sep 2026US 12,727,877 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Limited-use surgical devices and limited-use disposable attachments for use with surgical devices25 Aug 2026US 12,714,442 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Procedure information overlay over angiography data25 Aug 2026US 12,714,518 B2Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
- Co-manipulation surgical systems having optical sensors for generating graphical displays25 Aug 2026US 12,714,521 B2Moon Surgical SAS
- A programmable, battery-less, autonomous and biodegradable smart dust particle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294293 A1Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
- Monitoring device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283511 A1Murata Vios, Inc.
- Device for positioning a screen basket in a container24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283733 A1
- Elastography for ligament characterization17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272555 A1Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Surgical robotic system10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263177 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for endoscopic procedures1,973US 8,672,206 B2Covidien LP · 2014
- Interactive displays1,824US 9,283,054 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Closure indicator systems for surgical instruments1,647US 9,445,813 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Surgical instrument comprising a sensor system1,597US 9,913,642 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2018
- Multiple sensors with one sensor affecting a second sensor's output or interpretation1,559US 9,757,128 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017