- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/03 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for closing wounds, or holding wounds closed, e.g. surgical staples; Accessories for use therewith
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/03
Total number of patents in this class: 546
10-year publication summary
36
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31
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38
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44
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33
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31
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39
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14
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6
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4
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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
Covidien LP | 10647 |
32 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
11 |
Cilag GmbH International | 5813 |
9 |
C.R. Bard, Inc. | 718 |
9 |
Tyco Healthcare Group LP | 343 |
7 |
Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 44 |
7 |
University of Massachusetts | 2130 |
7 |
Zipline Medical, Inc. | 52 |
7 |
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1629 |
6 |
Terumo Medical Corporation | 118 |
5 |
CVDevices, LLC | 166 |
5 |
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4141 |
5 |
Phillips Medical, LLC | 27 |
5 |
Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
4 |
The Johns Hopkins University | 5377 |
4 |
Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
4 |
AccessClosure, Inc. | 57 |
4 |
Actamax Surgical Materials, LLC | 48 |
4 |
Confluent Surgical, Inc. | 42 |
4 |
Dura TAP LLC | 27 |
4 |
Other owners | 403 |