A61B 17/0487
Suture clamps, clips or locks
Official title: {Suture clamps, clips or locks, e.g. for replacing suture knots; Instruments for applying or removing suture clamps, clips or locks (suture anchors A61B17/0401; wound clamps or clips A61B17/08; ligaturing clamps or clips A61B17/122)}
A61B17/0487 (Suture clamps, clips or locks) appears on 1,865 US grants and 2,506 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 2,506
- Assignees
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 87 | 102 |
| 2026 | 45 | 56 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Devices and methods for occluding or promoting fluid flow6 Oct 2026US 12,751,710 B2Vasorum Ltd.
- Suture clip deployment devices with suture tensioning systems8 Sep 2026US 12,727,878 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Methods and systems for delivering prostheses using rail techniques8 Sep 2026US 12,727,996 B2Transmural Systems LLC
- Handheld medical suturing device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,621 B1
- Achilles tendon repair device25 Aug 2026US 12,714,419 B2
- Self-Cinching Suture Construct Apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306095 A1INS Ortho, Inc.
- Orthopedic stabilization device, kit and method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294425 A1Medline Industries, Inc.
- Tie systems for sternal closure17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272444 A1The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Devices and methods for minimally invasive surgical procedures17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272451 A1NICE Surgical Solutions Pte. Ltd.
- Medical systems, devices and methods adapted for tissue fixation and approximating tissue defects10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263064 A1TAS Medical Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fastener delivery and deployment mechanism and method for placing the fastener in minimally invasive surgery1,994US 5,891,160 ACardiovascular Technologies, LLC · 1999
- Means and method of replacing a heart valve in a minimally invasive manner1,974US 6,042,607 ACardiovascular Technologies, LLC · 2000
- Multifunctional clip applier instrument1,908US 5,542,949 A1996
- Electromagnetic treatment of tissues and cells1,626US 7,967,839 B2Rocky Mountain Biosystems, Inc. · 2011
- Methods and apparatus for cardiac valve repair1,620US 6,629,534 B1Evalve, Inc. · 2003