A61B 17/0057
Implements for plugging an opening in the wall of a hollow or
Official title: {Implements for plugging an opening in the wall of a hollow or tubular organ, e.g. for sealing a vessel puncture or closing a cardiac septal defect (sutures A61B17/04; closing rectum or urethra near body surface A61F2/0009)}
A61B17/0057 (Implements for plugging an opening in the wall of a hollow or) appears on 4,344 US grants and 5,640 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 4,344
- Published applications
- 5,640
- Assignees
- 1,162
- Inventors
- 5,384
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 168 | 212 |
| 2025 | 181 | 192 |
| 2026 | 126 | 120 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 2017/00575For closure at remote siteIndexing code2,154
- A61B 2017/00646Type of implementsIndexing code2,034
- A61B 2017/00637For sealing trocar wounds through abdominal wallIndexing code963
- A61B 2017/00672Locating means thereforIndexing code373
- A61B 2017/00641For closing fistulaeIndexing code281
- A61B 2017/00676Promotion of self-sealing of the punctureIndexing code105
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- Occluder medical device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306085 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Left atrial appendage closure implant8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306102 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Platforms For Mitral and/or Tricuspid Valve Replacement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306253 A1Majoro Cardiac Innovations, LLC
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By later US patents
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- Vascular sheath with puncture site closure apparatus and methods of use1,918US 6,197,042 B1Medical Technology Group, Inc. · 2001
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