- 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: 5245
10-year publication summary
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546
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525
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552
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471
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467
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431
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351
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328
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321
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32
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10763 |
227 |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | 2764 |
151 |
| Covidien LP | 10660 |
134 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2779 |
128 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 794 |
128 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6343 |
120 |
| NuVasive, Inc. | 977 |
113 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 2921 |
112 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5192 |
86 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4252 |
81 |
| VB Spine US OpCo LLC | 534 |
80 |
| Medos International SARL | 797 |
66 |
| Invuity, Inc. | 152 |
49 |
| LSI Solutions, Inc. | 460 |
47 |
| Thompson Surgical Instruments, Inc. | 69 |
47 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 136 |
43 |
| Jcbd, LLC | 83 |
42 |
| Aesculap AG | 1427 |
40 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2657 |
39 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc. | 272 |
38 |
| Other owners | 3474 |