- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/062 - Needle manipulators
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/062
Total number of patents in this class: 999
10-year publication summary
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74
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80
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123
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109
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174
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102
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95
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69
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36
|
19
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Cilag GmbH International | 5813 |
86 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
84 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
55 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3616 |
52 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
34 |
| LSI Solutions, Inc. | 379 |
32 |
| Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc. | 62 |
26 |
| Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. | 170 |
22 |
| Dura TAP LLC | 27 |
17 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
13 |
| Safepath Medical, Inc. | 13 |
12 |
| Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research | 2981 |
11 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
11 |
| Durastat LLC | 25 |
11 |
| Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc. | 31 |
10 |
| Mellon Medical B.V. | 19 |
10 |
| Brother Kogyo Kabushikikaisha | 1709 |
10 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1201 |
9 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
9 |
| Coloplast A/S | 1927 |
9 |
| Other owners | 476 |