- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/32 - Surgical cutting instruments
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/32
Total number of patents in this class: 10658
10-year publication summary
|
838
|
1048
|
961
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1157
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928
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849
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726
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634
|
632
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591
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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 | 6304 |
1670 |
| Covidien LP | 10664 |
707 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13094 |
461 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10523 |
288 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
222 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5100 |
220 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1244 |
152 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1409 |
142 |
| Medtronic Xomed, Inc. | 627 |
105 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2669 |
105 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9833 |
86 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 5524 |
81 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5638 |
77 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1538 |
75 |
| Relign Corporation | 104 |
66 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4176 |
63 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4727 |
58 |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | 2730 |
57 |
| Medos International SARL | 790 |
55 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2783 |
54 |
| Other owners | 5914 |