- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/068 - Surgical staplers
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/068
Total number of patents in this class: 5104
10-year publication summary
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494
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493
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524
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427
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578
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458
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377
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433
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226
|
64
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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 |
1771 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
1269 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1629 |
158 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
115 |
| Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd. | 193 |
69 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3616 |
60 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1765 |
58 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
58 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
57 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
55 |
| Rotation Medical, Inc. | 116 |
55 |
| Tyco Healthcare Group LP | 343 |
36 |
| Valtech Cardio, Ltd. | 129 |
33 |
| EndoGastric Solutions, Inc. | 89 |
32 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC | 160 |
32 |
| Covidien (China) Medical Devices Technology Co., Ltd | 95 |
26 |
| Moskowitz Family LLC | 82 |
23 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 779 |
22 |
| Kirk Promotion Ltd. | 149 |
22 |
| Polares Medical Inc. | 59 |
22 |
| Other owners | 1131 |