A61B 17/0493
Protective devices for suturing, i.e. for protecting the patient's organs or the
Official title: {Protective devices for suturing, i.e. for protecting the patient's organs or the operator}
A61B17/0493 (Protective devices for suturing, i.e. for protecting the patient's organs or the) appears on 184 US grants and 192 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 184
- Published applications
- 192
- Assignees
- 71
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Devices and methods of visualizing and determining depth of penetration in cardiac tissue1 May 2025US 2025/0134514 A1Ancora Heart, Inc.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Barbed Bodily tissue connector1,731US 6,241,747 B1Quill Medical, Inc. · 2001
- Endoscopic suturing system1,510US 7,530,985 B2Olympus Corporation · 2009
- Inserting device for a barbed tissue connector1,505US 5,342,376 ADermagraphics, Inc. · 1994
- Suture tie device system and method for suturing anatomical tissue proximate an opening1,085US 5,478,353 A1995
- Suture anchor inserter assembly and method567US 5,782,862 A1998