- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/072 - Surgical staplers for applying a row of staples in a single action, e.g. the staples being applied simultaneously
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/072
Total number of patents in this class: 6812
10-year publication summary
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471
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647
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603
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794
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689
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563
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754
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488
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378
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337
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Cilag GmbH International | 6275 |
2835 |
| Covidien LP | 10668 |
1595 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
609 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1436 |
304 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4128 |
160 |
| Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd. | 217 |
135 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 788 |
93 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10353 |
75 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC | 157 |
67 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 87 |
57 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 53 |
37 |
| RevMedica, Inc. | 46 |
34 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13118 |
32 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 99 |
30 |
| Fulbright Medical Inc. | 66 |
30 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1172 |
28 |
| Livsmed Inc. | 186 |
27 |
| Covidien (China) Medical Devices Technology Co., Ltd | 95 |
23 |
| Bolder Surgical, LLC | 64 |
22 |
| Reach Surgical Inc. | 60 |
19 |
| Other owners | 600 |