- 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: 4072
10-year publication summary
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337
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464
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418
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469
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371
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289
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262
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211
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227
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142
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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. | 10273 |
233 |
| Covidien LP | 10645 |
178 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1179 |
174 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6249 |
165 |
| Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC | 230 |
138 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1409 |
130 |
| Medos International SARL | 773 |
100 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2672 |
98 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4716 |
62 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4055 |
57 |
| LSI Solutions, Inc. | 441 |
56 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2802 |
52 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5032 |
49 |
| CONMED Corporation | 1007 |
43 |
| Teleflex Life Sciences LLC | 463 |
39 |
| Mani, Inc. | 158 |
35 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1115 |
33 |
| Coloplast A/S | 1902 |
33 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13182 |
30 |
| Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc. | 63 |
27 |
| Other owners | 2340 |