Surgical Instrument Mechanisms

Focuses on the mechanical design, articulation, and actuation of hand-held or robotic surgical instruments, including improvements in stapling, cutting, grasping, and tissue manipulation.

25,812 US filings from 3,675 companies since 2023 · 2023: 7,481 · 2024: 7,686 · 2025: 7,569 · 2026 YTD: 3,076

Medical Diagnostics & Surgery

Top companies

Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	Cilag GmbH International	2,277	778	688	616	195	-10.5%
2	Covidien LP	1,599	684	430	373	112	-13.3%
3	INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.	1,230	321	389	377	143	-3.1%
4	Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.	935	190	285	322	138	+13.0%
5	Globus Medical, Inc.	398	99	117	123	59	+5.1%
6	Auris Health, Inc.	375	107	118	97	53	-17.8%
7	Arthrex, Inc.	357	96	73	121	67	+65.8%
8	OLYMPUS CORPORATION	316	94	81	103	38	+27.2%
9	Stryker Corporation	307	79	88	96	44	+9.1%
10	Verb Surgical Inc.	295	101	105	77	12	-26.7%
11	MAKO Surgical Corp.	293	72	84	95	42	+13.1%
12	SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.	276	81	77	83	35	+7.8%
13	Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited	258	51	61	100	46	+63.9%
14	DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.	208	62	81	40	25	-50.6%
15	Olympus Medical Systems Corp.	201	58	57	44	42	-22.8%
16	SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG	198	48	48	70	32	+45.8%
17	Applied Medical Resources Corporation	169	53	47	55	14	+17.0%
18	WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.	165	37	26	78	24	+200.0%
19	SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITED	163	34	45	59	25	+31.1%
20	KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG	158	35	48	44	31	-8.3%
21	LIVSMED INC.	156	11	36	76	33	+111.1%
22	Gyrus ACMI, Inc.	153	43	53	43	14	-18.9%
23	Conmed Corporation	150	41	46	52	11	+13.0%
24	Aesculap AG	145	32	37	54	22	+45.9%
25	KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA	137	31	39	46	21	+17.9%