A61M 25/0113
Mechanical advancing means
Official title: {Mechanical advancing means, e.g. catheter dispensers}
A61M25/0113 (Mechanical advancing means) appears on 878 US grants and 1,338 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 878
- Published applications
- 1,338
- Assignees
- 394
- Inventors
- 1,981
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 4 | 13 |
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| 2017 | 39 | 68 |
| 2018 | 26 | 57 |
| 2019 | 64 | 103 |
| 2020 | 50 | 88 |
| 2021 | 63 | 110 |
| 2022 | 60 | 92 |
| 2023 | 66 | 95 |
| 2024 | 89 | 142 |
| 2025 | 83 | 103 |
| 2026 | 65 | 77 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods of steerable elongate device29 Sep 2026US 12,748,504 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Attachment mechanism for using an endoscope with a surgical robot8 Sep 2026US 12,727,742 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Dual lumen hemostatic valve for guiding catheter25 Aug 2026US 12,714,827 B2
- Method and device for monitoring an interventional procedure18 Aug 2026US 12,708,479 B2Siemens Healthineers AG
- Sterile packaging assembly for robotic interventional device11 Aug 2026US 12,702,509 B2Imperative Care, Inc.
- Device for automatically inserting and manipulating a medical tool into and within a bodily lumen8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305918 A1Microbot Medical Ltd.
- Robotic manipulation of a surgical tool handle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305919 A1Microbot Medical Ltd.
- Retractable Insertion Tubes for Medical Devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306790 A1
- Catheter device having a catheter and an actuation device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306794 A1Ecp Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh
- Catheterization apparatus and method of use1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295216 A1Teleflex Medical Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic catheter system1,662US 7,972,298 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2011
- Torque shaft and torque shaft drive1,577US 8,376,865 B2CardiacMD, Inc. · 2013
- Coaxial catheter system1,540US 7,766,894 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2010
- System and method for advancing, orienting, and immobilizing on internal body tissue a catheter or other therapeutic device1,480US 8,535,304 B2Ablacor Medical Corporation · 2013
- System and methods for advancing a catheter1,348US 7,276,044 B2Stereotaxis, Inc. · 2007