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.

24,674 US filings from 3,579 companies since 2023 · 2023: 6,343 · 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	2,152	653	688	616	195	-10.5%
2	Covidien LP	1,510	595	430	373	112	-13.3%
3	INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.	1,187	278	389	377	143	-3.1%
4	Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.	908	163	285	322	138	+13.0%
5	Globus Medical, Inc.	374	75	117	123	59	+5.1%
6	Auris Health, Inc.	357	89	118	97	53	-17.8%
7	Arthrex, Inc.	344	83	73	121	67	+65.8%
8	OLYMPUS CORPORATION	311	89	81	103	38	+27.2%
9	Stryker Corporation	301	73	88	96	44	+9.1%
10	Verb Surgical Inc.	282	88	105	77	12	-26.7%
11	MAKO Surgical Corp.	281	60	84	95	42	+13.1%
12	SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.	268	73	77	83	35	+7.8%
13	Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited	254	47	61	100	46	+63.9%
14	DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.	196	50	81	40	25	-50.6%
15	SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG	194	44	48	70	32	+45.8%
16	Olympus Medical Systems Corp.	188	45	57	44	42	-22.8%
17	SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITED	169	35	46	63	25	+37.0%
18	KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG	162	34	50	47	31	-6.0%
19	Applied Medical Resources Corporation	161	45	47	55	14	+17.0%
20	WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.	160	32	26	78	24	+200.0%
21	LIVSMED INC.	156	11	36	76	33	+111.1%
22	Conmed Corporation	146	37	46	52	11	+13.0%
23	Gyrus ACMI, Inc.	145	35	53	43	14	-18.9%
24	Aesculap AG	140	27	37	54	22	+45.9%
25	KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA	128	22	39	46	21	+17.9%