A61B 17/0491
Sewing machines for surgery
Official title: {Sewing machines for surgery}
A61B17/0491 (Sewing machines for surgery) appears on 538 US grants and 576 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 538
- Published applications
- 576
- Assignees
- 181
- Inventors
- 734
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2005 | 2 | 11 |
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| 2007 | 2 | 13 |
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| 2010 | 6 | 26 |
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| 2019 | 37 | 58 |
| 2020 | 25 | 26 |
| 2021 | 40 | 28 |
| 2022 | 25 | 26 |
| 2023 | 26 | 15 |
| 2024 | 26 | 23 |
| 2025 | 13 | 16 |
| 2026 | 15 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Grip for a needle driver and methods of manufacture and use thereof22 Sep 2026US 12,740,780 B2Ergosurgical Group Corp.
- Methods and apparatus for delivering staples to a target tissue8 Sep 2026US 12,727,881 B2Rotation Medical, Inc.
- Handheld medical suturing device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,621 B1
- Vessel closure devices and methods11 Aug 2026US 12,702,403 B2Neuro Fine Corp.
- Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturing4 Aug 2026US 12,697,115 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Reusable automated suture adapter for laparoscopic surgery20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240537 A1Koc Universitesi
- Surgical suturing device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240539 A1Mellon Medical B.V.
- Automated sewing and thread management13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232312 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Surgical device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224208 A1Zurimed Technologies AG
- Suture applicator device and system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215774 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic arm DLUs for performing surgical tasks2,751US 6,231,565 B1United States Surgical Corporation · 2001
- Robotic arm DLUs for performing surgical tasks1,983US 6,827,712 B2United States Surgical Corporation · 2004
- Suturing instrument with thread management1,799US 5,437,681 ASuturTek Incorporated · 1995
- Endoscopic surgical instrument for rotational manipulation1,779US 6,663,641 B1Origin Medsystems, Inc. · 2003
- Endoscopic surgical instrument for rotational manipulation1,764US 6,171,316 B2Origin Medsystems, Inc. · 2001