- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/064 - Surgical staples
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/064
Total number of patents in this class: 3206
10-year publication summary
|
300
|
321
|
371
|
311
|
385
|
283
|
262
|
250
|
142
|
36
|
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Cilag GmbH International | 5813 |
689 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
262 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
94 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1629 |
89 |
| Rotation Medical, Inc. | 116 |
66 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
65 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
60 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1765 |
50 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4141 |
46 |
| Moskowitz Family LLC | 82 |
42 |
| Valtech Cardio, Ltd. | 129 |
41 |
| Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd. | 193 |
34 |
| EndoGastric Solutions, Inc. | 89 |
31 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
29 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 144 |
28 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
26 |
| BioMedical Enterprises, Inc. | 64 |
26 |
| Polares Medical Inc. | 59 |
26 |
| Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC | 227 |
24 |
| Conextions, Inc. | 34 |
22 |
| Other owners | 1456 |