A61B 17/06166
Sutures
Official title: {Sutures (suture materials A61L17/00; manufacture of artificial threads D01D; treatment of threads D06M)}
A61B17/06166 (Sutures) appears on 2,688 US grants and 3,406 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,688
- Published applications
- 3,406
- Assignees
- 779
- Inventors
- 3,705
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 28 | 0 |
| 1995 | 39 | 0 |
| 1996 | 22 | 0 |
| 1997 | 20 | 0 |
| 1998 | 27 | 0 |
| 1999 | 31 | 0 |
| 2000 | 33 | 0 |
| 2001 | 33 | 14 |
| 2002 | 22 | 51 |
| 2003 | 42 | 71 |
| 2004 | 21 | 100 |
| 2005 | 17 | 117 |
| 2006 | 42 | 115 |
| 2007 | 25 | 113 |
| 2008 | 29 | 160 |
| 2009 | 39 | 122 |
| 2010 | 79 | 141 |
| 2011 | 103 | 134 |
| 2012 | 107 | 184 |
| 2013 | 106 | 154 |
| 2014 | 148 | 161 |
| 2015 | 135 | 170 |
| 2016 | 136 | 149 |
| 2017 | 166 | 207 |
| 2018 | 139 | 170 |
| 2019 | 168 | 184 |
| 2020 | 164 | 166 |
| 2021 | 126 | 144 |
| 2022 | 147 | 126 |
| 2023 | 108 | 129 |
| 2024 | 98 | 116 |
| 2025 | 135 | 101 |
| 2026 | 59 | 107 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Variable density soft anchors and methods of tissue repairs6 Oct 2026US 12,751,711 B2Arthrex, Inc.
- Knotless all suture tissue repair22 Sep 2026US 12,740,778 B2ArthroCare Corporation
- Knotless all suture tissue repair22 Sep 2026US 12,740,779 B2ArthroCare Corporation
- Suture device15 Sep 2026US 12,733,924 B2Arthrex, Inc.
- Methods for lifting and tightening various areas of the body8 Sep 2026US 12,727,879 B2
- Self-Cinching Suture Construct Apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306095 A1INS Ortho, Inc.
- Systems and methods for endoluminal valve creation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306131 A1InterVene, Inc.
- Antimicrobial compositions and sutures coated therewith1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295111 A1Covidien LP
- Tape and Suture Construct Assembly17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272442 A1Conmed Corporation
- Tie systems for sternal closure17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272444 A1The Regents of the University of Michigan
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical staple cartridges with tissue tethers for manipulating divided tissue and methods of using same1,947US 8,540,131 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Suture devices particularly useful in endoscopic surgery1,919US 5,222,976 A1993
- Elastomeric medical device1,893US 5,468,253 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Drug releasing anastomosis devices and methods for treating anastomotic sites1,779US 7,108,701 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2006
- Barbed Bodily tissue connector1,731US 6,241,747 B1Quill Medical, Inc. · 2001