A61B 17/122
Clamps or clips
Official title: Clamps or clips, e.g. for the umbilical cord {(for the vas deferens A61F6/206)}
A61B17/122 (Clamps or clips) appears on 2,443 US grants and 2,740 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,443
- Published applications
- 2,740
- Assignees
- 691
- Inventors
- 3,315
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 19 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 13 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 16 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 19 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 18 | 0 |
| 1994 | 21 | 0 |
| 1995 | 25 | 0 |
| 1996 | 26 | 0 |
| 1997 | 37 | 0 |
| 1998 | 37 | 0 |
| 1999 | 45 | 0 |
| 2000 | 41 | 0 |
| 2001 | 41 | 16 |
| 2002 | 37 | 89 |
| 2003 | 43 | 65 |
| 2004 | 49 | 95 |
| 2005 | 23 | 88 |
| 2006 | 37 | 97 |
| 2007 | 38 | 85 |
| 2008 | 27 | 91 |
| 2009 | 34 | 69 |
| 2010 | 61 | 82 |
| 2011 | 72 | 86 |
| 2012 | 81 | 82 |
| 2013 | 79 | 86 |
| 2014 | 88 | 117 |
| 2015 | 76 | 107 |
| 2016 | 80 | 143 |
| 2017 | 82 | 117 |
| 2018 | 85 | 142 |
| 2019 | 131 | 191 |
| 2020 | 148 | 156 |
| 2021 | 137 | 149 |
| 2022 | 125 | 132 |
| 2023 | 97 | 142 |
| 2024 | 137 | 124 |
| 2025 | 129 | 119 |
| 2026 | 85 | 70 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ligation clip and preparation method thereof29 Sep 2026US 12,746,008 B2Sichuan Guona Technology Co., Ltd.
- Tissue clamping system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,009 B2Shenzhen Lifevalve Medical Scientific Co. Ltd.
- Medical device including a hemostatis clip29 Sep 2026US 12,746,010 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Clip applier having stabilizing member22 Sep 2026US 12,740,784 B2Teleflex Medical Incorporated
- Venous valve apparatuses and methods for controlling blood flow22 Sep 2026US 12,740,788 B2
- Thru the scope tissue closure device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294442 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Hook and loop for hemostasis clip release24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283623 A1Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Flexible, rotatable, and reopenable traction-style continuous firing hemostatic clip17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272470 A1Eastern Enterprise Corporation
- Surgical clip applier instruments with articulating jaws10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263079 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Devices, system and methods for applying multiple clips to tissue10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263080 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mesh tissue fasteners3,167US 4,548,202 AEthicon, Inc. · 1985
- Tissue fixing surgical instrument, tissue-fixing device, and method of fixing tissues2,667US 5,658,300 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1997
- Drive interface for operably coupling a manipulatable surgical tool to a robot2,511US 8,479,969 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Tissue-fixing surgical instrument, tissue-fixing device, and method of fixing tissue2,459US 5,906,625 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Suturing assembly and method2,415US 4,809,695 A1989