- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/12 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels or umbilical cord
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/12
Total number of patents in this class: 7300
10-year publication summary
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598
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573
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717
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700
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687
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631
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626
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576
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573
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325
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11225 |
640 |
| Covidien LP | 10667 |
406 |
| MicroVention, Inc. | 650 |
211 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2775 |
153 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2716 |
145 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3175 |
144 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5510 |
121 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5822 |
120 |
| St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | 1687 |
104 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4891 |
83 |
| Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 423 |
77 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6425 |
70 |
| Coherex Medical, Inc. | 102 |
63 |
| Kaneka Corporation | 4725 |
48 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | 349 |
48 |
| Stryker European Operations Holdings, LLC | 710 |
45 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1164 |
39 |
| Clearstream Technologies Limited | 188 |
38 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9800 |
35 |
| Olympus Corporation | 12929 |
35 |
| Other owners | 4675 |