- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/04 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for closing wounds, or holding wounds closed, e.g. surgical staples; Accessories for use therewith for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/04
Total number of patents in this class: 9882
10-year publication summary
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805
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821
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907
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821
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982
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826
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719
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672
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510
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181
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
417 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
391 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1201 |
355 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2685 |
341 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4141 |
323 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 5813 |
292 |
| Medos International SARL | 731 |
214 |
| Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC | 227 |
203 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
170 |
| CONMED Corporation | 990 |
150 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1629 |
124 |
| LSI Solutions, Inc. | 379 |
122 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
114 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
89 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3616 |
84 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
83 |
| Teleflex Life Sciences LLC | 458 |
72 |
| Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1377 |
69 |
| Coloplast A/S | 1927 |
69 |
| Biomet Manufacturing, LLC | 1067 |
67 |
| Other owners | 6133 |