- 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: 10377
10-year publication summary
|
880
|
1075
|
1013
|
1182
|
967
|
869
|
728
|
617
|
606
|
207
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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 | 6132 |
1639 |
| Covidien LP | 10564 |
698 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13227 |
458 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 9934 |
264 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
222 |
| Stryker Corporation | 4645 |
152 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1182 |
146 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1465 |
145 |
| Medtronic Xomed, Inc. | 665 |
115 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2670 |
103 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 5302 |
85 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9820 |
83 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5478 |
77 |
| Nico Corporation | 166 |
65 |
| Relign Corporation | 100 |
65 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1334 |
64 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3960 |
61 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2812 |
55 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc. | 172 |
53 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4547 |
52 |
| Other owners | 5775 |