A61B 17/1227
Spring clips
Official title: {Spring clips}
A61B17/1227 (Spring clips) appears on 1,020 US grants and 1,228 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,020
- Published applications
- 1,228
- Assignees
- 310
- Inventors
- 1,561
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 20 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 4 |
| 2002 | 15 | 39 |
| 2003 | 21 | 15 |
| 2004 | 22 | 43 |
| 2005 | 8 | 38 |
| 2006 | 13 | 32 |
| 2007 | 9 | 33 |
| 2008 | 6 | 37 |
| 2009 | 13 | 30 |
| 2010 | 31 | 37 |
| 2011 | 26 | 35 |
| 2012 | 33 | 27 |
| 2013 | 31 | 33 |
| 2014 | 30 | 42 |
| 2015 | 35 | 44 |
| 2016 | 33 | 47 |
| 2017 | 18 | 51 |
| 2018 | 36 | 71 |
| 2019 | 51 | 90 |
| 2020 | 59 | 78 |
| 2021 | 78 | 71 |
| 2022 | 59 | 73 |
| 2023 | 42 | 79 |
| 2024 | 71 | 71 |
| 2025 | 76 | 62 |
| 2026 | 44 | 46 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- 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
- Hemostatic clip1 Sep 2026US 12,721,631 B2Microport Urocare (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd.
- Surgical clip and deployment system25 Aug 2026US 12,714,428 B2Boston 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
- Ligation clip with elastic insert10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263081 A1Teleflex Medical Incorporated
- Epicardial clip assembly6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224225 A1
- Clip instruments30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215786 A1Hangzhou Ags Medtech Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical treatment instrument2,379US 6,099,537 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 2000
- Clamp assembly and method of use2,136US 5,618,307 AHeartport, Inc. · 1997
- Surgical clamp inserts with micro-tractive surfaces1,735US 6,821,284 B2Novare Surgical Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Surgical staple1,730US 6,638,297 B1Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2003
- Surgical fastener1,693US 6,015,417 A2000