- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/072 - Surgical staplers for applying a row of staples in a single action
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/072
Total number of patents in this class: 6439
10-year publication summary
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445
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492
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661
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615
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807
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701
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583
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762
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469
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137
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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 |
2601 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
1602 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
609 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1629 |
361 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3616 |
132 |
| Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd. | 193 |
112 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 779 |
79 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC | 160 |
69 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
67 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 78 |
49 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 113 |
32 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
29 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 45 |
29 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
28 |
| RevMedica, Inc. | 29 |
26 |
| Covidien (China) Medical Devices Technology Co., Ltd | 95 |
23 |
| Tyco Healthcare Group LP | 343 |
20 |
| Bolder Surgical, LLC | 56 |
17 |
| Fulbright Medical Inc. | 39 |
16 |
| Reach Surgical Inc. | 47 |
15 |
| Other owners | 523 |