- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/28 - Surgical forceps
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/28
Total number of patents in this class: 2187
10-year publication summary
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204
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200
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274
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211
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146
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164
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124
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105
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102
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38
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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 | 6410 |
321 |
| Covidien LP | 10649 |
226 |
| Olympus Corporation | 12939 |
150 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1292 |
85 |
| Aesculap AG | 1443 |
68 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4391 |
52 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corp. | 1963 |
41 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
38 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1341 |
27 |
| Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG | 1784 |
27 |
| Aerin Medical, Inc. | 95 |
26 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11151 |
22 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 30514 |
17 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3178 |
14 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 92 |
14 |
| Teleflex Medical LLC | 160 |
14 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 5861 |
12 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1688 |
12 |
| RIVERFIELD Inc. | 229 |
12 |
| ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH | 461 |
10 |
| Other owners | 999 |