- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/06 - Needles; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/06
Total number of patents in this class: 3885
10-year publication summary
|
337
|
336
|
464
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418
|
467
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367
|
279
|
233
|
185
|
60
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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 |
210 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
182 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
180 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 5813 |
151 |
| Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC | 227 |
133 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1201 |
106 |
| Medos International SARL | 731 |
96 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2685 |
91 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4141 |
53 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
52 |
| LSI Solutions, Inc. | 379 |
50 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3616 |
43 |
| Stryker Corporation | 3864 |
41 |
| Teleflex Life Sciences LLC | 458 |
39 |
| CONMED Corporation | 990 |
36 |
| Mani, Inc. | 162 |
34 |
| Coloplast A/S | 1927 |
34 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
29 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
27 |
| Biomet Manufacturing, LLC | 1067 |
26 |
| Other owners | 2272 |