- 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: 10762
10-year publication summary
|
1075
|
1013
|
1185
|
971
|
888
|
757
|
662
|
653
|
618
|
197
|
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Cilag GmbH International | 6386 |
1680 |
| Covidien LP | 10665 |
702 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13003 |
463 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10990 |
305 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5263 |
224 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
222 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1277 |
151 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1368 |
138 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2655 |
105 |
| Medtronic Xomed, Inc. | 618 |
104 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9729 |
87 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5742 |
78 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 5719 |
78 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1626 |
78 |
| Relign Corporation | 105 |
66 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4313 |
65 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4812 |
61 |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | 2811 |
60 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corp. | 1912 |
58 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc. | 180 |
56 |
| Other owners | 5981 |