A61B 17/06066
Needles
Official title: {Needles, e.g. needle tip configurations}
A61B17/06066 (Needles) appears on 2,546 US grants and 2,973 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,546
- Published applications
- 2,973
- Assignees
- 649
- Inventors
- 3,295
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 17 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 24 | 0 |
| 1995 | 47 | 0 |
| 1996 | 47 | 0 |
| 1997 | 58 | 0 |
| 1998 | 57 | 0 |
| 1999 | 41 | 0 |
| 2000 | 26 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 13 |
| 2002 | 25 | 44 |
| 2003 | 32 | 65 |
| 2004 | 21 | 115 |
| 2005 | 27 | 126 |
| 2006 | 41 | 106 |
| 2007 | 30 | 79 |
| 2008 | 40 | 124 |
| 2009 | 41 | 104 |
| 2010 | 77 | 126 |
| 2011 | 97 | 143 |
| 2012 | 99 | 143 |
| 2013 | 111 | 136 |
| 2014 | 132 | 133 |
| 2015 | 128 | 143 |
| 2016 | 116 | 155 |
| 2017 | 140 | 162 |
| 2018 | 138 | 133 |
| 2019 | 128 | 195 |
| 2020 | 140 | 141 |
| 2021 | 115 | 121 |
| 2022 | 112 | 131 |
| 2023 | 96 | 89 |
| 2024 | 97 | 102 |
| 2025 | 93 | 83 |
| 2026 | 57 | 61 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 17/06109Big needles, either gripped by hand or connectable to a handle728
- A61B 2017/0608J-shapedIndexing code504
- A61B 2017/061Hollow or tubularIndexing code438
- A61B 2017/06076Helically or spirally coiledIndexing code415
- A61B 2017/0609Having sharp tips at both endsIndexing code223
- A61B 2017/06085Having a blunt tipIndexing code185
- A61B 2017/06095PliableIndexing code168
- A61B 2017/06071With an abrupt angle formed between two adjacent sectionsIndexing code111
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Recent patents
- Devices and methods for tissue repair1 Sep 2026US 12,721,617 B2Medos International Sarl
- Medical suture needle1 Sep 2026US 12,721,622 B2Mani, Inc.
- Anchor assembly25 Aug 2026US 12,714,416 B2Field Orthopaedics PTY Ltd
- Systems, devices and methods of making highly elastic suture needles for minimally invasive surgery25 Aug 2026US 12,714,421 B2Ethicon, Inc.
- Electric or manual geared suturing device11 Aug 2026US 12,702,402 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Catheter devices and methods of closing openings in tissue8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306084 A1
- Suturing device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306094 A1Ergosurgical Group Corp.
- Methods and related aspects of performing impact force-based magnetic tissue penetration1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294429 A1The Johns Hopkins University
- Indirect attachment of a needle to a mesh suture10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263065 A1Northwestern University
- Endoscope with integrated tissue acquisition capability27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248367 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
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
- Suture devices particularly useful in endoscopic surgery1,919US 5,222,976 A1993
- Surgical instruments including MEMS devices1,823US 8,808,311 B2Covidien LP · 2014