- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/064 - Surgical staples
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/064
Total number of patents in this class: 3315
10-year publication summary
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321
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372
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311
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386
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290
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282
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268
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168
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168
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80
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Cilag GmbH International | 6211 |
712 |
| Covidien LP | 10615 |
247 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10126 |
113 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1457 |
82 |
| Rotation Medical, Inc. | 122 |
70 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
65 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4651 |
60 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1198 |
57 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1773 |
55 |
| Moskowitz Family LLC | 82 |
45 |
| Valtech Cardio, Ltd. | 123 |
41 |
| Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd. | 215 |
35 |
| Polares Medical Inc. | 64 |
32 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 146 |
30 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2812 |
27 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2668 |
27 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13199 |
26 |
| Conextions, Inc. | 37 |
26 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1135 |
26 |
| BioMedical Enterprises, Inc. | 61 |
25 |
| Other owners | 1514 |