A61B 17/07292
Reinforcements for staple line
Official title: {Reinforcements for staple line, e.g. pledgets}
A61B17/07292 (Reinforcements for staple line) appears on 1,330 US grants and 1,612 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,330
- Published applications
- 1,612
- Assignees
- 107
- Inventors
- 957
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Surgical instruments with electrical connectors for power transmission across sterile barrier25 Aug 2026US 12,714,425 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical devices, systems, and methods for control of one visualization with another18 Aug 2026US 12,708,429 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Tissue reinforcement material loader and tissue reinforcement material loading kit21 Jul 2026US 12,685,534 B2Gunze Limited
- Fastener cartridge deck with a movable projection16 Jun 2026US 12,653,533 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Apparatus for endoscopic procedures2 Jun 2026US 12,642,526 B2Covidien LP
- Fastener cartridge comprising non-uniform fasteners24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283616 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Thread stitching patterns for an implantable adjunct30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215778 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Medical sheet and method for producing medical sheet30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216410 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Surgical staple buttress with integral adhesive for releasably attaching to a surgical stapler23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207196 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Anvil buttress loading for a surgical stapling apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198920 A1Covidien LP
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mesh tissue fasteners3,167US 4,548,202 AEthicon, Inc. · 1985
- Surgical stapling instrument having an electroactive polymer actuated buttress deployment mechanism3,086US 7,147,138 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2006
- Surgical stapling system and method of applying staples from multiple staple cartridges2,865US 5,833,695 A1998
- Surgical stapling instrument with mechanical mechanism for limiting maximum tissue compression2,855US 7,506,791 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009
- Surgical stapling apparatus with biocompatible surgical fabric2,826US 6,045,560 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 2000