A61B 17/06004
Means for attaching suture to needle
Official title: {Means for attaching suture to needle (tipping A61B17/06195)}
A61B17/06004 (Means for attaching suture to needle) appears on 1,725 US grants and 1,941 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,725
- Published applications
- 1,941
- Assignees
- 425
- Inventors
- 2,140
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 29 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 11 |
| 2002 | 12 | 35 |
| 2003 | 18 | 48 |
| 2004 | 13 | 57 |
| 2005 | 20 | 57 |
| 2006 | 35 | 71 |
| 2007 | 17 | 45 |
| 2008 | 24 | 52 |
| 2009 | 20 | 57 |
| 2010 | 26 | 72 |
| 2011 | 55 | 82 |
| 2012 | 58 | 102 |
| 2013 | 86 | 102 |
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| 2015 | 76 | 94 |
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| 2017 | 114 | 127 |
| 2018 | 87 | 97 |
| 2019 | 107 | 127 |
| 2020 | 93 | 103 |
| 2021 | 95 | 79 |
| 2022 | 81 | 84 |
| 2023 | 66 | 50 |
| 2024 | 69 | 74 |
| 2025 | 51 | 63 |
| 2026 | 41 | 48 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 2017/06042Located close to needle tipIndexing code851
- A61B 2017/06028By means of a cylindrical longitudinal blind bore machined at the suture-receivingIndexing code328
- A61B 2017/06009Having additional means for releasably clamping the suture to the needleIndexing code301
- A61B 2017/06019By means of a suture-receiving lateral eyelet machined in the needleIndexing code253
- A61B 2017/06047Located at the middle of the needleIndexing code191
- A61B 2017/06014Spring-loadedIndexing code64
- A61B 2017/06033Using adhesivesIndexing code31
- A61B 2017/06038Soldered, brazed or weldedIndexing code28
Recent patents
- Cannula with suture lock15 Sep 2026US 12,733,923 B2Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Surgical guidewire device and suture fixation system8 Sep 2026US 12,727,876 B2Astron Medtech Corporation
- Interface for accessing the interior of a heart8 Sep 2026US 12,727,911 B2Syntach AG
- Suture guiding device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,620 B2Astron Medtech Corporation
- Anchor assembly25 Aug 2026US 12,714,416 B2Field Orthopaedics PTY Ltd
- 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.
- Indirect attachment of a needle to a mesh suture10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263065 A1Northwestern University
- Free-floating reinforcement tag for surgical suture material27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248501 A1Winter Innovations, Inc.
- Surgical suturing device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240539 A1Mellon Medical B.V.
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
- Vascular suturing apparatus1,936US 5,571,090 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1996
- Pinned retainer surgical fasteners, instruments and methods for minimally invasive vascular and endoscopic surgery1,884US 6,074,401 ACoalescent Surgical, Inc. · 2000
- Drug releasing anastomosis devices and methods for treating anastomotic sites1,779US 7,108,701 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2006