- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/115 - Staplers
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/115
Total number of patents in this class: 2291
10-year publication summary
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173
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199
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273
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196
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281
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258
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212
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205
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134
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31
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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 |
797 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
732 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1629 |
102 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
90 |
| Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd. | 193 |
66 |
| Covidien (China) Medical Devices Technology Co., Ltd | 95 |
33 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
23 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3616 |
19 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
17 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
17 |
| Aesculap AG | 1306 |
16 |
| Suzhou Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd. | 25 |
16 |
| RevMedica, Inc. | 29 |
16 |
| Cardica, Inc. | 23 |
14 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 78 |
13 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
10 |
| B. J. ZH. F. Panther Medical Equipment Co., Ltd. | 25 |
9 |
| Suzhou Intocare Medical Technology Co., Ltd | 23 |
9 |
| Tyco Healthcare Group LP | 343 |
8 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 113 |
8 |
| Other owners | 276 |