A61M 25/0138
Having flexible regions as a result of weakened outer material
Official title: {having flexible regions as a result of weakened outer material, e.g. slots, slits, cuts, joints or coils}
A61M25/0138 (Having flexible regions as a result of weakened outer material) appears on 733 US grants and 1,011 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 733
- Published applications
- 1,011
- Assignees
- 318
- Inventors
- 1,548
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 45 | 66 |
| 2024 | 42 | 77 |
| 2025 | 36 | 62 |
| 2026 | 36 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instrument2,184US 5,454,827 A1995
- Articulating mechanism for remote manipulation of a surgical or diagnostic tool1,942US 7,090,637 B2Novare Surgical Systems, Inc. · 2006
- Catheter deflection control1,932US 5,441,483 A1995
- Surgical instrument1,802US 5,618,294 AAust & Taylor Medical Corporation · 1997
- Endoscope having a guide tube1,775US 6,837,846 B2Neo Guide Systems, Inc. · 2005