- 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: 7723
10-year publication summary
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655
|
708
|
727
|
1020
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723
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608
|
550
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392
|
347
|
324
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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 | 6267 |
1910 |
| Covidien LP | 10646 |
1224 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4087 |
349 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13153 |
272 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10308 |
242 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
240 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1223 |
148 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1443 |
146 |
| Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG | 1681 |
144 |
| Livsmed Inc. | 174 |
93 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 798 |
61 |
| Aesculap AG | 1397 |
59 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3226 |
42 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1769 |
42 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | 345 |
37 |
| Teleflex Medical Incorporated | 385 |
36 |
| CMR Surgical Limited | 374 |
36 |
| RevMedica, Inc. | 43 |
34 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 99 |
32 |
| Verb Surgical Inc. | 560 |
31 |
| Other owners | 2545 |