- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/06 - NeedlesHolders or packages for needles or suture materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/06
Total number of patents in this class: 4098
10-year publication summary
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326
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439
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394
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445
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349
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275
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256
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208
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227
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185
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10345 |
234 |
| Covidien LP | 10672 |
180 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1172 |
173 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6275 |
166 |
| Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC | 230 |
138 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1437 |
133 |
| Medos International SARL | 777 |
100 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2674 |
99 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4793 |
61 |
| LSI Solutions, Inc. | 451 |
57 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2792 |
51 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5122 |
50 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4112 |
45 |
| CONMED Corporation | 1009 |
44 |
| Teleflex Life Sciences LLC | 475 |
40 |
| Mani, Inc. | 158 |
35 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1114 |
33 |
| Coloplast A/S | 1897 |
33 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13127 |
31 |
| Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc. | 63 |
27 |
| Other owners | 2368 |