- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 90/98 - Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 90/98
Total number of patents in this class: 1840
10-year publication summary
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161
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174
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206
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264
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232
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187
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212
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127
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161
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78
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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 | 6246 |
350 |
| Covidien LP | 10640 |
157 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4046 |
95 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5031 |
66 |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | 2662 |
53 |
| Aesculap AG | 1391 |
49 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
26 |
| Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 24766 |
17 |
| Cianna Medical, Inc. | 104 |
17 |
| MAKO Surgical Corp. | 706 |
17 |
| Synaptive Medical Inc. | 593 |
16 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 5418 |
15 |
| Auris Health, Inc. | 867 |
15 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2806 |
13 |
| Moon Surgical SAS | 46 |
13 |
| Siemens Healthineers Endovascular Robotics, Inc. | 157 |
13 |
| Medtronic Navigation, Inc. | 650 |
12 |
| Elucent Medical, Inc. | 41 |
12 |
| Sharp Fluidics Inc. | 30 |
12 |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | 7259 |
11 |
| Other owners | 861 |