- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for holding wounds open, e.g. retractorsTractors
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/02
Total number of patents in this class: 5161
10-year publication summary
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466
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546
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525
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552
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471
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465
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427
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343
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326
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239
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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. | 10325 |
214 |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | 2705 |
151 |
| Covidien LP | 10660 |
134 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2798 |
129 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 798 |
128 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6270 |
113 |
| NuVasive, Inc. | 963 |
110 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 3011 |
108 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5106 |
94 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4092 |
81 |
| Medos International SARL | 773 |
64 |
| Invuity, Inc. | 154 |
49 |
| Thompson Surgical Instruments, Inc. | 68 |
47 |
| LSI Solutions, Inc. | 449 |
45 |
| VB Spine US OpCo LLC | 376 |
45 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 133 |
43 |
| Jcbd, LLC | 83 |
42 |
| Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1384 |
39 |
| Aesculap AG | 1404 |
39 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2679 |
38 |
| Other owners | 3448 |