- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/03 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for closing wounds or holding wounds closedAccessories for use therewith
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/03
Total number of patents in this class: 454
10-year publication summary
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38
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44
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33
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31
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39
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15
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8
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7
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7
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3
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Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Covidien LP | 10675 |
21 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2723 |
9 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6343 |
9 |
| C.R. Bard, Inc. | 614 |
9 |
| Zipline Medical, Inc. | 17 |
6 |
| AccessClosure, Inc. | 43 |
5 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 30 |
5 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4888 |
5 |
| Tyco Healthcare Group LP | 194 |
4 |
| The Regents of the University of California | 20815 |
4 |
| Olympus Corporation | 12920 |
4 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1118 |
4 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 101 |
4 |
| Actamax Surgical Materials, LLC | 42 |
4 |
| Dura TAP LLC | 27 |
4 |
| Phillips Medical, LLC | 26 |
4 |
| University of Massachusetts | 2324 |
4 |
| Unity Health Toronto | 76 |
4 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1329 |
3 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | 5913 |
3 |
| Other owners | 339 |