- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/02 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for holding wounds open; Tractors
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/02
Total number of patents in this class: 4969
10-year publication summary
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481
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571
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536
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569
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487
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470
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429
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333
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310
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9
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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. | 9449 |
189 |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | 2571 |
145 |
| Covidien LP | 10623 |
139 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2817 |
127 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 776 |
124 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 3169 |
109 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 5972 |
109 |
| NuVasive, Inc. | 979 |
103 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3832 |
76 |
| Medos International SARL | 748 |
63 |
| Stryker Corporation | 4272 |
58 |
| Invuity, Inc. | 156 |
48 |
| Stryker European Operations Holdings, LLC | 334 |
47 |
| Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1406 |
44 |
| K2M, Inc. | 580 |
42 |
| LSI Solutions, Inc. | 408 |
41 |
| Thompson Surgical Instruments, Inc. | 66 |
41 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 462 |
40 |
| Jcbd, LLC | 81 |
39 |
| Aesculap AG | 1341 |
38 |
| Other owners | 3347 |