- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for holding wounds open; Tractors
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/02
Total number of patents in this class: 4837
10-year publication summary
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485
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481
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571
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536
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567
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483
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459
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413
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325
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88
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
173 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
145 |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | 2463 |
141 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
128 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 779 |
121 |
| NuVasive, Inc. | 1001 |
114 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 3184 |
107 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 5813 |
101 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3616 |
76 |
| Medos International SARL | 731 |
60 |
| Invuity, Inc. | 163 |
50 |
| Stryker Corporation | 3864 |
48 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 482 |
46 |
| Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1377 |
43 |
| K2M, Inc. | 585 |
41 |
| LSI Solutions, Inc. | 379 |
39 |
| Aesculap AG | 1306 |
38 |
| Jcbd, LLC | 76 |
36 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 119 |
36 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2685 |
36 |
| Other owners | 3258 |