A61F 5/0003
Apparatus for the treatment of obesity
Official title: {Apparatus for the treatment of obesity; Anti-eating devices (surgical instruments or methods for treatment of obesity, devices specially adapted therefor A61B17/00; hollow or tubular parts of organs A61F2/04)}
A61F5/0003 (Apparatus for the treatment of obesity) appears on 1,852 US grants and 2,882 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,852
- Published applications
- 2,882
- Assignees
- 457
- Inventors
- 2,236
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 17 | 13 |
| 2003 | 16 | 33 |
| 2004 | 12 | 76 |
| 2005 | 7 | 113 |
| 2006 | 32 | 93 |
| 2007 | 32 | 138 |
| 2008 | 31 | 141 |
| 2009 | 30 | 201 |
| 2010 | 92 | 159 |
| 2011 | 105 | 209 |
| 2012 | 117 | 170 |
| 2013 | 114 | 150 |
| 2014 | 151 | 171 |
| 2015 | 113 | 125 |
| 2016 | 100 | 140 |
| 2017 | 124 | 129 |
| 2018 | 91 | 104 |
| 2019 | 110 | 133 |
| 2020 | 109 | 120 |
| 2021 | 76 | 93 |
| 2022 | 52 | 67 |
| 2023 | 80 | 87 |
| 2024 | 72 | 98 |
| 2025 | 63 | 78 |
| 2026 | 34 | 39 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Lipolysis device, lipolysis method, and electric power generation method22 Sep 2026US 12,740,881 B2Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Surgical device for controlled anchoring in the intestine15 Sep 2026US 12,733,932 B2
- Intragastric device15 Sep 2026US 12,734,057 B2Medtimo Inc.
- Gastric sizing systems including instruments for use in bariatric surgery1 Sep 2026US 12,721,742 B2Boehringer Laboratories, Inc.
- Systems and methods for anchoring and restraining gastrointestinal prostheses18 Aug 2026US 12,708,540 B2MetaModix, Inc.
- Inflatable bariatric clamp10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263251 A1Advanced Bariatric Technology, LLC
- Automated systems and methods for assisting with medical procedures27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248558 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Capsules for appetite suppression20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240672 A1
- Extendable endoscopy band with visual indicator13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232177 A1Colowrap, LLC
- Stretching device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232472 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical stapling systems and staple cartridges for deploying surgical staples with tissue compression features2,424US 7,604,151 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009
- Surgical stapling instruments having a releasable staple-forming pocket2,400US 7,438,209 B1Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Flexible endoscopic surgical instrument for invagination and fundoplication2,263US 6,086,600 ASymbiosis Corporation · 2000
- Staple cartridge cavity configurations2,227US 8,590,762 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Surgical stapling systems and staple cartridges for deploying surgical staples with tissue compression features2,208US 8,186,560 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2012