- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/068 - Surgical staplers
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/068
Total number of patents in this class: 5083
10-year publication summary
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525
|
427
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583
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462
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387
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467
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268
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246
|
201
|
90
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Cilag GmbH International | 6364 |
1842 |
| Covidien LP | 10697 |
1083 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11285 |
127 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1324 |
118 |
| Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd. | 213 |
80 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4439 |
75 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1760 |
64 |
| Rotation Medical, Inc. | 126 |
63 |
| Olympus Corporation | 12912 |
59 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
58 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1117 |
52 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC | 156 |
32 |
| Polares Medical Inc. | 72 |
32 |
| Valtech Cardio, Ltd. | 120 |
31 |
| RevMedica, Inc. | 47 |
30 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 795 |
28 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 92 |
28 |
| Covidien (China) Medical Devices Technology Co., Ltd | 95 |
26 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd. | 150 |
25 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1168 |
23 |
| Other owners | 1207 |