F16C 2316/10
In medical appliances
Official title: in medical appliances, e.g. in diagnosis, dentistry, instruments, prostheses, medical imaging appliances
F16C2316/10 (In medical appliances) appears on 477 US grants and 475 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 477
- Published applications
- 475
- Assignees
- 264
- Inventors
- 840
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 8 |
| 2002 | 23 | 21 |
| 2003 | 18 | 15 |
| 2004 | 11 | 14 |
| 2005 | 7 | 14 |
| 2006 | 8 | 13 |
| 2007 | 7 | 13 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16 |
| 2009 | 6 | 9 |
| 2010 | 4 | 17 |
| 2011 | 4 | 17 |
| 2012 | 15 | 20 |
| 2013 | 16 | 15 |
| 2014 | 13 | 15 |
| 2015 | 15 | 12 |
| 2016 | 6 | 16 |
| 2017 | 20 | 19 |
| 2018 | 9 | 14 |
| 2019 | 16 | 16 |
| 2020 | 18 | 29 |
| 2021 | 15 | 27 |
| 2022 | 21 | 28 |
| 2023 | 27 | 35 |
| 2024 | 31 | 43 |
| 2025 | 17 | 18 |
| 2026 | 9 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Bearing assembly of a swash plate in a steering gear component, and surgical instrument1 Sep 2026US 12,723,621 B2KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Dental handpiece and axial groove ball bearing21 Jul 2026US 12,685,614 B2Gebr. Reinfurt GmbH & Co. KG
- Electric machine with an electromagnetic bearing2 Jun 2026US 12,646,996 B2Université Catholique De Louvain
- Dock for surgical equipment holder21 Apr 2026US 12,605,227 B2LSI Solutions, Inc.
- Insertion instrument24 Mar 2026US 12,583,097 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Rooter with selective manual and motorized operation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294406 A1
- Thin-ring bearing and computed tomography unit with such a thin-ring bearing3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258841 A1Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Dock for surgical equipment holder27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248585 A1
- Blood pump and method of manufacturing a blood pump housing6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224884 A1
- Telescopic cylinder and x-ray imaging system9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191483 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flexible structure1,770US 6,012,494 ADeutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. · 2000
- Flexible shaft1,751US 6,053,922 A2000
- Atherectomy system with a clutch1,711US 5,002,553 ASurgical Systems & Instruments, Inc. · 1991
- Flexible shaft components1,670US 6,447,518 B12002
- Torque shaft and torque shaft drive1,577US 8,376,865 B2CardiacMD, Inc. · 2013