- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/06 - NeedlesHolders or packages for needles or suture materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/06
Total number of patents in this class: 4190
10-year publication summary
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439
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394
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445
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350
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279
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268
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214
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234
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235
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62
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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. | 10855 |
238 |
| Covidien LP | 10656 |
179 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1140 |
171 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6376 |
166 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1602 |
154 |
| Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC | 214 |
134 |
| Medos International SARL | 802 |
103 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2663 |
98 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4781 |
65 |
| LSI Solutions, Inc. | 468 |
61 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2788 |
51 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4283 |
50 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5225 |
49 |
| CONMED Corporation | 1024 |
46 |
| Teleflex Life Sciences LLC | 523 |
38 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1099 |
35 |
| Mani, Inc. | 153 |
34 |
| Coloplast A/S | 1911 |
33 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13025 |
31 |
| Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc. | 63 |
29 |
| Other owners | 2425 |