- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/28 - Surgical forceps
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/28
Total number of patents in this class: 2166
10-year publication summary
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193
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200
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194
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265
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199
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139
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154
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112
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101
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76
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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 | 6264 |
313 |
| Covidien LP | 10643 |
228 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13167 |
151 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1217 |
82 |
| Aesculap AG | 1396 |
66 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4076 |
53 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corp. | 1798 |
43 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
38 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1444 |
29 |
| Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG | 1677 |
27 |
| Aerin Medical, Inc. | 92 |
25 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10292 |
23 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 29458 |
17 |
| Teleflex Medical Incorporated | 384 |
15 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3227 |
14 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 87 |
13 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2666 |
12 |
| RIVERFIELD Inc. | 219 |
12 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 5449 |
11 |
| ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH | 460 |
11 |
| Other owners | 983 |