A61B 17/12
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts
Official title: for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels or umbilical cord
A61B17/12 (Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts) appears on 11,198 US grants and 13,986 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 11,198
- Published applications
- 13,986
- Assignees
- 2,850
- Inventors
- 13,607
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 16 | 0 |
| 1979 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | 19 | 0 |
| 1981 | 20 | 0 |
| 1982 | 23 | 0 |
| 1983 | 20 | 0 |
| 1984 | 43 | 0 |
| 1985 | 36 | 0 |
| 1986 | 35 | 0 |
| 1987 | 35 | 0 |
| 1988 | 25 | 0 |
| 1989 | 37 | 0 |
| 1990 | 46 | 0 |
| 1991 | 51 | 0 |
| 1992 | 56 | 0 |
| 1993 | 86 | 0 |
| 1994 | 98 | 0 |
| 1995 | 115 | 0 |
| 1996 | 101 | 0 |
| 1997 | 138 | 0 |
| 1998 | 178 | 0 |
| 1999 | 193 | 0 |
| 2000 | 184 | 0 |
| 2001 | 204 | 97 |
| 2002 | 187 | 306 |
| 2003 | 248 | 317 |
| 2004 | 177 | 424 |
| 2005 | 123 | 473 |
| 2006 | 152 | 448 |
| 2007 | 135 | 422 |
| 2008 | 143 | 438 |
| 2009 | 143 | 396 |
| 2010 | 289 | 445 |
| 2011 | 301 | 442 |
| 2012 | 340 | 487 |
| 2013 | 414 | 540 |
| 2014 | 463 | 663 |
| 2015 | 450 | 590 |
| 2016 | 460 | 665 |
| 2017 | 469 | 616 |
| 2018 | 433 | 649 |
| 2019 | 581 | 881 |
| 2020 | 692 | 802 |
| 2021 | 560 | 773 |
| 2022 | 586 | 690 |
| 2023 | 521 | 732 |
| 2024 | 604 | 670 |
| 2025 | 566 | 600 |
| 2026 | 369 | 420 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 17/12022Occluding by internal devices5,804
- A61B 17/122Clamps or clips2,443
- A61B 17/128For applying or removing clamps or clips2,316
- A61B 17/12009Implements for ligaturing other than by clamps or clips1,172
- A61B 17/132Tourniquets1,151
- A61B 2017/12004For haemostasis, for prevention of bleedingIndexing code617
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By later US patents
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- Mesh tissue fasteners3,167US 4,548,202 AEthicon, Inc. · 1985
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