- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/29 - Forceps for use in minimally invasive surgery
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/29
Total number of patents in this class: 7020
10-year publication summary
|
527
|
669
|
726
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736
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1028
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709
|
554
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455
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293
|
85
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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 |
1677 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
1186 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3616 |
297 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
265 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
240 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
206 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1629 |
155 |
| Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG | 1622 |
133 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1071 |
118 |
| Livsmed Inc. | 100 |
57 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 779 |
54 |
| Aesculap AG | 1306 |
50 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
43 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1765 |
38 |
| Teleflex Medical Incorporated | 385 |
34 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 113 |
33 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | 329 |
30 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 27102 |
28 |
| Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH | 620 |
26 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 78 |
26 |
| Other owners | 2324 |