- 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: 6876
10-year publication summary
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662
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615
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812
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709
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588
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782
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498
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387
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396
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97
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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 | 6382 |
2862 |
| Covidien LP | 10669 |
1572 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
609 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1369 |
289 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4303 |
162 |
| Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd. | 226 |
143 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 798 |
99 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10966 |
83 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC | 156 |
66 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 92 |
61 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 56 |
39 |
| Livsmed Inc. | 253 |
38 |
| RevMedica, Inc. | 47 |
36 |
| Fulbright Medical Inc. | 77 |
35 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13014 |
32 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 94 |
29 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1135 |
28 |
| Covidien (China) Medical Devices Technology Co., Ltd | 95 |
23 |
| Bolder Surgical, LLC | 66 |
23 |
| Reach Surgical Inc. | 66 |
20 |
| Other owners | 627 |