- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/10 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for closing wounds or holding wounds closedAccessories for use therewith for applying or removing wound clampsWound clamp magazines
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/10
Total number of patents in this class: 2586
10-year publication summary
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284
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286
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172
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345
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183
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171
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147
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86
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97
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50
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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 |
886 |
| Covidien LP | 10668 |
405 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10353 |
157 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1436 |
62 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13118 |
39 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3224 |
37 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1771 |
37 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1172 |
28 |
| Teleflex Life Sciences LLC | 474 |
27 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4802 |
23 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | 350 |
18 |
| Rotation Medical, Inc. | 122 |
17 |
| Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited | 898 |
17 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 72 |
16 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1114 |
15 |
| Teleflex Medical Incorporated | 387 |
15 |
| RevMedica, Inc. | 46 |
15 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4128 |
14 |
| Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd. | 217 |
14 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9831 |
12 |
| Other owners | 732 |