- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/128 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels or umbilical cord for applying or removing clamps or clips
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/128
Total number of patents in this class: 1927
10-year publication summary
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114
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180
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297
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230
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198
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151
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153
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126
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108
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50
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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. | 11051 |
270 |
| Covidien LP | 10649 |
192 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6382 |
169 |
| Olympus Corporation | 12983 |
74 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | 344 |
66 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4821 |
53 |
| Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited | 985 |
43 |
| Evalve, Inc. | 227 |
41 |
| Aesculap AG | 1437 |
39 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3181 |
35 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
34 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corp. | 1924 |
30 |
| Intocare Medical Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. | 63 |
27 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1280 |
26 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1363 |
24 |
| Teleflex Medical LLC | 186 |
24 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4340 |
20 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1075 |
19 |
| Advanced Bariatric Technology, LLC | 34 |
19 |
| Micro-tech (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. | 197 |
19 |
| Other owners | 703 |