A61F 5/0083
Reducing the size of the stomach
Official title: {Reducing the size of the stomach, e.g. gastroplasty (surgical interventions A61B17/00)}
A61F5/0083 (Reducing the size of the stomach) appears on 502 US grants and 732 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 502
- Published applications
- 732
- Assignees
- 111
- Inventors
- 674
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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| 2004 | 4 | 22 |
| 2005 | 2 | 35 |
| 2006 | 3 | 18 |
| 2007 | 10 | 40 |
| 2008 | 6 | 44 |
| 2009 | 6 | 57 |
| 2010 | 35 | 50 |
| 2011 | 39 | 45 |
| 2012 | 35 | 37 |
| 2013 | 32 | 26 |
| 2014 | 28 | 29 |
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| 2017 | 28 | 32 |
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| 2019 | 31 | 44 |
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| 2022 | 23 | 18 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 |
| 2024 | 29 | 27 |
| 2025 | 21 | 28 |
| 2026 | 7 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Surgical devices and methods for bariatric and gastroesophageal surgery14 Jul 2026US 12,678,260 B2West Virginia University Board of Governors on behalf of West Virginia University
- Tissue manipulation with an endoluminal gastroplasty device19 May 2026US 12,629,147 B2Nitinotes Ltd.
- Inflatable bariatric clamp28 Apr 2026US 12,611,323 B2Advanced Bariatric Technology, LLC
- Apparatus for treating obesity21 Apr 2026US 12,605,263 B2
- Intragastric device24 Mar 2026US 12,582,540 B2Servicio Cántabro De Salud Universidad De Cantabria
- 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.
- Magnetic Devices for Digestive Tract Partitioning13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232473 A1Gt Metabolic Solutions, Inc.
- Sleeve gastrectomy assisting device4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151245 A1Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
- Stomach instrument and method21 May 2026US 2026/0137538 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