- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/11 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for closing wounds, or holding wounds closed, e.g. surgical staples; Accessories for use therewith for performing anastomosis; Buttons for anastomosis
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/11
Total number of patents in this class: 2392
10-year publication summary
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205
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160
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212
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209
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228
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215
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209
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237
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206
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75
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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 |
233 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
160 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
121 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
74 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1629 |
66 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4141 |
56 |
| Avenu Medical, Inc. | 68 |
48 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
43 |
| GI Windows, Inc. | 56 |
41 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
32 |
| Aesculap AG | 1306 |
28 |
| TVA Medical, Inc. | 72 |
28 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
26 |
| GT Metabolic Solutions, Inc. | 34 |
25 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
21 |
| Conextions, Inc. | 34 |
19 |
| Carponovum AB | 28 |
18 |
| Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research | 2981 |
17 |
| AxoGen Corporation | 193 |
17 |
| Inari Medical Inc. | 211 |
16 |
| Other owners | 1303 |