- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61L - Methods or apparatus for sterilising materials or objects in general; disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air; chemical aspects of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles; materials for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L 17/00 - Materials for surgical sutures or for ligaturing blood vessels
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 17/00
Total number of patents in this class: 449
10-year publication summary
30
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21
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37
|
34
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36
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48
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33
|
22
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25
|
7
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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
38 |
Cilag GmbH International | 5813 |
21 |
Covidien LP | 10647 |
19 |
Innovation Technologies, Inc. | 32 |
9 |
Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
8 |
The Regents of the University of California | 18943 |
7 |
DSM IP Assets B.V. | 5856 |
7 |
Tepha, Inc. | 233 |
7 |
The Johns Hopkins University | 5377 |
6 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
6 |
Northwestern University | 3112 |
6 |
Sofradim Production | 305 |
6 |
Nicem Ltd. | 7 |
5 |
Poly-Med, Inc. | 187 |
5 |
Teleflex Medical Incorporated | 385 |
5 |
University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 2912 |
5 |
CDA Research Group, Inc. | 32 |
4 |
Ethicon, LLC | 113 |
4 |
Gunze Limited | 361 |
4 |
Colzyx AB | 13 |
4 |
Other owners | 273 |