- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/32 - Surgical cutting instruments
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/32
Total number of patents in this class: 10597
10-year publication summary
|
838
|
1048
|
961
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1155
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927
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844
|
720
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626
|
623
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476
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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 | 6267 |
1664 |
| Covidien LP | 10646 |
702 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13153 |
459 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10308 |
279 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
222 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5067 |
219 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1223 |
148 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1443 |
145 |
| Medtronic Xomed, Inc. | 660 |
115 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2672 |
105 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9831 |
85 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 5463 |
80 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5569 |
77 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1422 |
72 |
| Relign Corporation | 103 |
65 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4087 |
62 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4749 |
56 |
| Medos International SARL | 773 |
55 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc. | 176 |
55 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2800 |
54 |
| Other owners | 5878 |