- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/072 - Surgical staplers for applying a row of staples in a single action, e.g. the staples being applied simultaneously
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/072
Total number of patents in this class: 6753
10-year publication summary
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492
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662
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615
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812
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707
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586
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779
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491
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380
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253
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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 | 6235 |
2808 |
| Covidien LP | 10631 |
1592 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
609 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1453 |
305 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4031 |
155 |
| Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd. | 215 |
133 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 796 |
89 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10212 |
76 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC | 157 |
67 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 88 |
58 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 51 |
35 |
| RevMedica, Inc. | 43 |
33 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13182 |
32 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 99 |
30 |
| Fulbright Medical Inc. | 62 |
28 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1184 |
27 |
| Covidien (China) Medical Devices Technology Co., Ltd | 95 |
23 |
| Livsmed Inc. | 161 |
22 |
| Bolder Surgical, LLC | 64 |
22 |
| Reach Surgical Inc. | 58 |
18 |
| Other owners | 591 |