A61B 17/08
Wound clamps or clips, i.e. not or only partly penetrating the tissue
Official title: Wound clamps {or clips, i.e. not or only partly penetrating the tissue (suture bridges A61B17/0466); Devices for bringing together the edges of a wound}
A61B17/08 (Wound clamps or clips, i.e. not or only partly penetrating the tissue) appears on 2,141 US grants and 2,662 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,141
- Published applications
- 2,662
- Assignees
- 636
- Inventors
- 2,979
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 27 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25 | 11 |
| 2002 | 20 | 40 |
| 2003 | 22 | 57 |
| 2004 | 21 | 76 |
| 2005 | 20 | 118 |
| 2006 | 33 | 100 |
| 2007 | 23 | 63 |
| 2008 | 33 | 86 |
| 2009 | 36 | 77 |
| 2010 | 67 | 96 |
| 2011 | 66 | 107 |
| 2012 | 77 | 132 |
| 2013 | 93 | 132 |
| 2014 | 97 | 145 |
| 2015 | 117 | 141 |
| 2016 | 125 | 148 |
| 2017 | 106 | 129 |
| 2018 | 96 | 118 |
| 2019 | 116 | 142 |
| 2020 | 136 | 137 |
| 2021 | 103 | 111 |
| 2022 | 115 | 106 |
| 2023 | 86 | 120 |
| 2024 | 117 | 119 |
| 2025 | 103 | 95 |
| 2026 | 68 | 56 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Compression device and compression method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,719 B2Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Assembly for use in knee surgery6 Oct 2026US 12,751,723 B2Eventum Orthopaedics Limited
- Clip applier having stabilizing member22 Sep 2026US 12,740,784 B2Teleflex Medical Incorporated
- Surgical device for controlled anchoring in the intestine15 Sep 2026US 12,733,932 B2
- Method and device for tissue defect closure8 Sep 2026US 12,727,885 B2Davol Inc.
- Systems and methods for endoluminal valve creation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306131 A1InterVene, Inc.
- Tissue retraction devices, systems, and methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283609 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Plate and surgical robot system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283724 A1Qoly Corporation
- Stabilization devices3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256469 A1Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- Click lock handle for over the scope clip (otsc)27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248492 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tissue fixing surgical instrument, tissue-fixing device, and method of fixing tissues2,667US 5,658,300 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1997
- Selectively orientable implantable fastener cartridge2,602US 8,393,514 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Medical devices incorporating sim alloy elements2,338US 4,665,906 ARaychem Corporation · 1987
- Surgical staple2,306US 4,719,917 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1988
- Tissue-fixing surgical device, and method of fixing tissues2,279US 5,649,937 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1997