Y10S 901/21
Flaccid drive element
Y10S901/21 (Flaccid drive element) appears on 94 US grants and 123 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10S- Granted patents
- 94
- Published applications
- 123
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 131
- Latest grant
- 14 Oct 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 6 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 13 |
| 2014 | 7 | 8 |
| 2015 | 10 | 12 |
| 2016 | 18 | 20 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12 |
| 2018 | 10 | 14 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 11 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Kinetic and dimensional optimization for a tendon-driven gripper14 Oct 2025US 12,440,964 B2Willow Garage, LLC
- Insertion tool16 Sep 2025US 12,416,800 B2General Electric Company
- Robotic surgery system, method, and apparatus15 Jul 2025US 12,358,133 B2DEKA Products Limited Partneship
- Transport apparatus with pulley with a non-circular profile13 May 2025US 12,296,473 B2Persimmon Technologies Corporation
- Positioning system12 Nov 2024US 12,138,787 B2
- Robotic surgery system, method, and apparatus22 Jan 2026US 2026/0021579 A1DEKA Products Limited Partnership
- Insertion tool13 Nov 2025US 2025/0347906 A1General Electric Company
- Robot with Slaved End Effector Motion4 Sep 2025US 2025/0276443 A1Persimmon Technologies Corporation
- Kinetic and dimensional optimization for a tendon-driven gripper17 Apr 2025US 2025/0121492 A1Willow Garage, LLC
- Kinetic and dimensional optimization for a tendon-driven gripper20 Mar 2025US 2025/0091199 A1Willow Garage, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Maximum torque driving of robotic surgical tools in robotic surgical systems1,419US 9,002,518 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2015
- Hand-actuated device for remote manipulation of a grasping tool1,186US 7,410,483 B2Novare Surgical Systems, Inc. · 2008
- Multi-ply strap drive trains for surgical robotic arms1,134US 9,261,172 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2016
- Methods for maximum torque driving of robotic surgical tools730US 9,014,856 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2015
- Remote centre of motion positioner252US 9,027,431 B2Katholieke Universiteit Leuven · 2015