A61B 17/0482
Needle or suture guides
Official title: {Needle or suture guides (guides for drills, pins or wire A61B17/17; guides for puncturing needles A61B17/3403)}
A61B17/0482 (Needle or suture guides) appears on 2,243 US grants and 2,740 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,243
- Published applications
- 2,740
- Assignees
- 579
- Inventors
- 2,713
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 18 | 0 |
| 1996 | 24 | 0 |
| 1997 | 20 | 0 |
| 1998 | 35 | 0 |
| 1999 | 23 | 0 |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 13 |
| 2002 | 28 | 43 |
| 2003 | 31 | 53 |
| 2004 | 21 | 74 |
| 2005 | 17 | 85 |
| 2006 | 44 | 98 |
| 2007 | 26 | 96 |
| 2008 | 22 | 105 |
| 2009 | 36 | 81 |
| 2010 | 83 | 98 |
| 2011 | 67 | 102 |
| 2012 | 83 | 121 |
| 2013 | 100 | 119 |
| 2014 | 116 | 156 |
| 2015 | 113 | 136 |
| 2016 | 131 | 123 |
| 2017 | 139 | 158 |
| 2018 | 96 | 119 |
| 2019 | 141 | 198 |
| 2020 | 140 | 142 |
| 2021 | 120 | 118 |
| 2022 | 126 | 137 |
| 2023 | 98 | 95 |
| 2024 | 99 | 93 |
| 2025 | 111 | 106 |
| 2026 | 65 | 71 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Device for cardiac surgery and methods thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,751,713 B2LSI Solutions, Inc.
- Suture guide6 Oct 2026US 12,751,714 B2
- Fascia suturing system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,001 B1
- Devices, systems, and methods for repairing soft tissue and attaching soft tissue to bone22 Sep 2026US 12,740,777 B2Conextions, Inc.
- Tissue repair device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,873 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Suturing device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306094 A1Ergosurgical Group Corp.
- Method and apparatus for passing suture1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294426 A1Clauson Creative Engineering, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for passing suture1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294428 A1Clauson Creative Engineering, Inc.
- Plate and surgical robot system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283724 A1Qoly Corporation
- Inflatable bariatric clamp10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263251 A1Advanced Bariatric Technology, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Stapler device particularly useful in medical suturing2,427US 5,520,700 ATechnion Research & Development Foundation Limited · 1996
- System for endoscopic suturing2,229US 6,997,931 B2LSI Solutions, Inc. · 2006
- Tissue bonding system and method for controlling a tissue site during anastomosis2,102US 6,398,797 B2Cardica, Inc. · 2002
- Anastomosis system and method for controlling a tissue site2,019US 6,391,038 B1Cardica, Inc. · 2002
- Surgical purse string suturing instrument and method1,815US 5,411,481 AAmerican Cyanamid Company · 1995