- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/062 - Needle manipulators
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/062
Total number of patents in this class: 1027
10-year publication summary
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80
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123
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109
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176
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104
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96
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72
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40
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52
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2
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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 |
95 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 5987 |
94 |
| Covidien LP | 10627 |
52 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3839 |
51 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13286 |
34 |
| LSI Solutions, Inc. | 409 |
34 |
| Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc. | 63 |
27 |
| Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. | 159 |
19 |
| Dura TAP LLC | 27 |
17 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1244 |
13 |
| Safepath Medical, Inc. | 13 |
12 |
| Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research | 3102 |
11 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5382 |
11 |
| Durastat LLC | 25 |
11 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1111 |
10 |
| Mellon Medical B.V. | 18 |
10 |
| Brother Kogyo Kabushikikaisha | 1729 |
10 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1290 |
9 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
9 |
| Coloplast A/S | 1922 |
9 |
| Other owners | 489 |