- 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: 2672
10-year publication summary
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154
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205
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191
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220
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214
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201
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223
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218
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229
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165
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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 | 6275 |
261 |
| Covidien LP | 10672 |
148 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10345 |
146 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2731 |
73 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4793 |
64 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1438 |
62 |
| GI Windows, Inc. | 67 |
55 |
| Avenu Medical, Inc. | 71 |
53 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3225 |
42 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5621 |
38 |
| GT Metabolic Solutions, Inc. | 53 |
34 |
| TVA Medical, Inc. | 79 |
30 |
| Aesculap AG | 1410 |
28 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13127 |
27 |
| AxoGen Corporation | 235 |
23 |
| Conextions, Inc. | 37 |
22 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1148 |
21 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
21 |
| Carponovum AB | 30 |
20 |
| Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd. | 217 |
19 |
| Other owners | 1485 |