- 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: 6866
10-year publication summary
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647
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603
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794
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690
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563
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756
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491
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380
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393
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69
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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 | 6373 |
2860 |
| Covidien LP | 10656 |
1580 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
609 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1377 |
290 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4272 |
161 |
| Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd. | 224 |
141 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 795 |
98 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10830 |
83 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC | 156 |
66 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 91 |
60 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 54 |
38 |
| Livsmed Inc. | 239 |
36 |
| RevMedica, Inc. | 47 |
36 |
| Fulbright Medical Inc. | 74 |
33 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13041 |
32 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 96 |
29 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1144 |
28 |
| Covidien (China) Medical Devices Technology Co., Ltd | 95 |
23 |
| Bolder Surgical, LLC | 65 |
23 |
| Reach Surgical Inc. | 64 |
19 |
| Other owners | 621 |