Y10T 74/20323
Including flaccid drive element
Official title: including flaccid drive element
Y10T74/20323 (Including flaccid drive element) appears on 253 US grants and 217 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10T- Granted patents
- 253
- Published applications
- 217
- Assignees
- 132
- Inventors
- 435
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 |
| 2003 | 5 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 2 | 7 |
| 2006 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008 | 4 | 16 |
| 2009 | 4 | 11 |
| 2010 | 5 | 24 |
| 2011 | 9 | 29 |
| 2012 | 19 | 22 |
| 2013 | 36 | 29 |
| 2014 | 20 | 19 |
| 2015 | 23 | 21 |
| 2016 | 18 | 2 |
| 2017 | 16 | 4 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method, apparatus, and system for facilitating bending of an instrument in a surgical or medical robotic environment14 Jul 2026US 12,678,147 B2Auris Health, Inc.
- Robotic arm assembly construction27 Jan 2026US 12,533,821 B2General Electric Company
- Method, apparatus, and system for facilitating bending of an instrument in a surgical or medical robotic environment15 Aug 2023US 11,723,636 B2Auris Health, Inc.
- Instrument for endoscopic applications or the like10 Jan 2023US RE49,359 E1Fortimedix Assets II B.V.
- Robotic arm assembly construction4 Oct 2022US 11,458,641 B2General Electric Company
- Method, apparatus, and system for facilitating bending of an instrument in a surgical or medical robotic environment28 Dec 2023US 2023/0414210 A1Auris Health, Inc.
- Robotic arm assembly construction29 Dec 2022US 2022/0410411 A1General Electric Company
- Articulating retractors12 Nov 2020US 2020/0352666 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Robotic Arm Assembly Construction28 Nov 2019US 2019/0358833 A1General Electric Company
- Dual arm robot21 Feb 2019US 2019/0054612 A1Brooks Automation, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Roll joint and method for a surgical apparatus1,355US 8,245,594 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2012
- Force transmission for robotic surgical instrument1,337US 8,603,077 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2013
- 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
- Devices, systems and methods for minimally invasive surgery of the throat and other portions of mammalian body317US 8,365,633 B2The Johns Hopkins University · 2013