- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/128 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels or umbilical cord for applying or removing clamps or clips
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/128
Total number of patents in this class: 1856
10-year publication summary
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123
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109
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166
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290
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220
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186
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139
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145
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123
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74
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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. | 10308 |
267 |
| Covidien LP | 10646 |
193 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6267 |
165 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13153 |
70 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | 345 |
61 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4749 |
52 |
| Aesculap AG | 1397 |
39 |
| Evalve, Inc. | 209 |
36 |
| Teleflex Medical Incorporated | 385 |
36 |
| Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited | 891 |
35 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3226 |
34 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
34 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1443 |
28 |
| Intocare Medical Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. | 58 |
27 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1223 |
26 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corp. | 1790 |
20 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1113 |
19 |
| Advanced Bariatric Technology, LLC | 32 |
18 |
| CONMED Corporation | 1008 |
18 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4087 |
17 |
| Other owners | 661 |