- 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: 3340
10-year publication summary
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305
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356
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303
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375
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282
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271
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272
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174
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177
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128
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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 | 6275 |
712 |
| Covidien LP | 10665 |
248 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10345 |
113 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1438 |
82 |
| Rotation Medical, Inc. | 122 |
70 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
65 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4794 |
62 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1173 |
57 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1770 |
56 |
| Valtech Cardio, Ltd. | 121 |
40 |
| Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd. | 217 |
36 |
| Polares Medical Inc. | 65 |
34 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 145 |
31 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd. | 142 |
31 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2733 |
27 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13123 |
26 |
| BioMedical Enterprises, Inc. | 63 |
26 |
| Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC | 230 |
26 |
| Conextions, Inc. | 38 |
26 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1146 |
26 |
| Other owners | 1546 |