- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/06 - Needles; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/06
Total number of patents in this class: 3978
10-year publication summary
|
337
|
464
|
418
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468
|
372
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285
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251
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193
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218
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6
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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. | 9498 |
221 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1244 |
180 |
| Covidien LP | 10627 |
175 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 5987 |
161 |
| Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC | 227 |
135 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1290 |
114 |
| Medos International SARL | 748 |
95 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2680 |
95 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4453 |
57 |
| LSI Solutions, Inc. | 409 |
54 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2817 |
52 |
| Stryker Corporation | 4368 |
45 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3839 |
45 |
| CONMED Corporation | 999 |
42 |
| Teleflex Life Sciences LLC | 468 |
42 |
| Mani, Inc. | 162 |
35 |
| Coloplast A/S | 1922 |
34 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1111 |
30 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13286 |
30 |
| Biomet Manufacturing, LLC | 1032 |
26 |
| Other owners | 2310 |