A61M 25/0147
With movable mechanical means
Official title: {with movable mechanical means, e.g. pull wires}
A61M25/0147 (With movable mechanical means) appears on 2,459 US grants and 3,094 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 2,459
- Published applications
- 3,094
- Assignees
- 728
- Inventors
- 3,753
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 28 | 0 |
| 1998 | 35 | 0 |
| 1999 | 49 | 0 |
| 2000 | 50 | 0 |
| 2001 | 55 | 20 |
| 2002 | 25 | 40 |
| 2003 | 46 | 50 |
| 2004 | 33 | 66 |
| 2005 | 20 | 45 |
| 2006 | 32 | 49 |
| 2007 | 19 | 62 |
| 2008 | 24 | 64 |
| 2009 | 23 | 66 |
| 2010 | 55 | 87 |
| 2011 | 46 | 74 |
| 2012 | 60 | 88 |
| 2013 | 73 | 103 |
| 2014 | 77 | 148 |
| 2015 | 105 | 123 |
| 2016 | 89 | 172 |
| 2017 | 121 | 186 |
| 2018 | 130 | 178 |
| 2019 | 162 | 197 |
| 2020 | 162 | 194 |
| 2021 | 142 | 213 |
| 2022 | 132 | 186 |
| 2023 | 134 | 185 |
| 2024 | 160 | 209 |
| 2025 | 132 | 170 |
| 2026 | 108 | 119 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Disposable endoscope drive6 Oct 2026US 12,751,602 B2Covidien LP
- Electrode catheter6 Oct 2026US 12,751,669 B2Inter Nova Inc
- Steerable medical device, handle for a medical device, and method for operating a medical device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,081 B2Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Modulation of targeted nerve fibers29 Sep 2026US 12,746,060 B2Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company
- Controllable expandable catheter29 Sep 2026US 12,746,365 B2St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Four-Degrees-of-Freedom Interventional Handle Component8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306082 A1Shenzhen Cardioacc Ltd
- Medical robot having multiple manipulation means and methods of use thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306205 A1Canon U.S.A., Inc.
- Method of Automatic Manufacturing a Tubular Device for a Catheter8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306789 A1Biotronik SE & Co.KG
- Catheter device having a catheter and an actuation device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306794 A1Ecp Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh
- Bending control handle and interventional system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306795 A1Shanghai Microport Cardioflow Medtech Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instrument2,184US 5,454,827 A1995
- Methods and apparatus for surgical cutting2,184US 5,697,909 AArthroCare Corporation · 1997
- 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
- Catheter steering mechanism1,902US 5,195,968 A1993