- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/29 - Forceps for use in minimally invasive surgery
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/29
Total number of patents in this class: 7590
10-year publication summary
|
669
|
727
|
736
|
1045
|
737
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617
|
548
|
382
|
336
|
206
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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 | 6211 |
1887 |
| Covidien LP | 10594 |
1206 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3988 |
339 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13202 |
270 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
240 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10084 |
236 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1459 |
146 |
| Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG | 1638 |
143 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1195 |
142 |
| Livsmed Inc. | 151 |
84 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 794 |
59 |
| Aesculap AG | 1374 |
57 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3238 |
42 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1771 |
42 |
| Teleflex Medical Incorporated | 383 |
36 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | 341 |
35 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 100 |
33 |
| CMR Surgical Limited | 368 |
32 |
| Verb Surgical Inc. | 536 |
31 |
| RIVERFIELD Inc. | 216 |
31 |
| Other owners | 2499 |