Medical Technology

Citations to U.S. patents by U.S. patents granted in 2025

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  1. 26 11324292    Ring-type wearable device
  Inventors: Jin-hong Min; Jea-hyuck Lee; Seong-wook Jo; Shin-hee Cho; Su-ho Lee

  2. 25 11360587    Deployment systems for computer system finger devices
  Inventors: Paul X. Wang; Alex J. Lehmann; Bradley J. Hamel; Dinesh C. Mathew; Fletcher R. Rothkopf; John C. DiFonzo; Keith J. Hendren; Navpreet S. Kaloty; Nicholas L. Qu; Scott J. Krahn; Aidan N. Zimmerman

  3. 21 10082829    Electronic device
  Inventors: Hideaki Kuwabara; Masaaki Hiroki

  4. 19 10579099    Expandable ring device
  Inventors: Paul X. Wang; Dinesh C. Mathew

  4. 19 11360558    Computer systems with finger devices
  Inventors: Paul X. Wang; Nicolai Georg; Benjamin R. Blachnitzky; Alhad A. Palkar; Minhazul Islam; Alex J. Lehmann; Madeleine S. Cordier; Joon-Sup Han; Hongcheng Sun; Sang E. Lee; Kevin Z. Lo; Lilli Ing-Marie Jonsson; Luis Deliz Centeno; Yuhao Pan; Stephen E. Dey; Paul N. DuMontelle; Jonathan C. Atler; Tianjia Sun; Jian Li; Chang Zhang

  6. 17 11553969    System for computation of object coordinates accounting for movement of a surgical site for spinal and other procedures
  Inventors: Philipp K. Lang; Daniel Steines

  7. 15 6171289    Safety device for colostomy having a wetness detector and alarm
  Inventors: Philippe Millot; Laurent Tavernier

  8. 14 10863802    Ring type wearable terminal and method for manufacturing the ring type wearable terminal
  Inventors: John McLear; Stuart Childs

  8. 14 4747166    Fluid aspiration system for the management of urinary incontinence
  Inventors: David H. Kuntz

  8. 14 6176882    Intervertebral implant
  Inventors: Lutz Biedermann; Thomas Wichmann; Jurgen Harms

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  1. 255 6783524    Robotic surgical tool with ultrasound cauterizing and cutting instrument
  Inventors: Stephen C. Anderson; Christopher A. Julian

  2. 229 8800838    Robotically-controlled cable-based surgical end effectors
  Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV

  3. 204 8573465    Robotically-controlled surgical end effector system with rotary actuated closure systems
  Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV

  4. 197 6331181    Surgical robotic tools, data architecture, and use
  Inventors: Michael J. Tierney; Thomas G. Cooper; Chris A. Julian; Stephen J. Blumenkranz; Gary S. Guthart; Robert G. Younge

  5. 190 7422139    Motor-driven surgical cutting fastening instrument with tactile position feedback
  Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV; John N. Ouwerkerk; Jerome R. Morgan; Jeffrey S. Swayze

  6. 188 6424885    Camera referenced control in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus
  Inventors: Gunter D. Niemeyer; Gary S. Guthart; William C. Nowlin; Nitish Swarup; Gregory K. Toth; Robert G. Younge

  7. 187 7000818    Surgical stapling instrument having separate distinct closing and firing systems
  Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV; Michael Earl Setser; Brian J. Hemmelgarn

  8. 184 8506555    Robotic surgical system for performing minimally invasive medical procedures
  Inventors: Emilio Ruiz Morales

  9. 181 8210411    Motor-driven surgical cutting instrument
  Inventors: David C. Yates; Frederick E. Shelton, IV; Bret W. Smith; Brett E. Swensgard; Ryan J. Laurent

  9. 181 9072535    Surgical stapling instruments with rotatable staple deployment arrangements
  Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV; Jerome R. Morgan

 
 
References:
Raw data from: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office "Open Data Portal." Accessed May 13, 2026. http://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/pvgpatdis?fileDataFromDate=1976-01-01&fileDataToDate=2025-12-31.

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Published: May 18, 2026