- 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: 7184
10-year publication summary
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598
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573
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717
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699
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687
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628
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622
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573
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570
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199
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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. | 11034 |
629 |
| Covidien LP | 10664 |
410 |
| MicroVention, Inc. | 642 |
207 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2778 |
150 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2714 |
144 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3182 |
143 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5747 |
113 |
| St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | 1637 |
98 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5280 |
96 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4822 |
80 |
| Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 409 |
73 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6391 |
69 |
| Coherex Medical, Inc. | 103 |
60 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | 344 |
48 |
| Stryker European Operations Holdings, LLC | 724 |
45 |
| Kaneka Corporation | 4651 |
41 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1185 |
39 |
| Clearstream Technologies Limited | 179 |
38 |
| Olympus Corporation | 12989 |
35 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9728 |
34 |
| Other owners | 4632 |