- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/11 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for closing wounds or holding wounds closedAccessories for use therewith for performing anastomosisButtons for anastomosis
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/11
Total number of patents in this class: 2722
10-year publication summary
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205
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191
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221
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214
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201
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225
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218
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229
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196
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37
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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 |
259 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10830 |
154 |
| Covidien LP | 10656 |
143 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2714 |
75 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4810 |
66 |
| GI Windows, Inc. | 70 |
58 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1377 |
56 |
| Avenu Medical, Inc. | 72 |
53 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3199 |
41 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5690 |
39 |
| GT Metabolic Solutions, Inc. | 56 |
35 |
| TVA Medical, Inc. | 81 |
30 |
| Aesculap AG | 1426 |
28 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13041 |
27 |
| AxoGen Corporation | 247 |
25 |
| Conextions, Inc. | 37 |
22 |
| Carponovum AB | 31 |
21 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
21 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1177 |
20 |
| ABIOMED, Inc. | 829 |
19 |
| Other owners | 1530 |