A61B 2017/00004
Absorbable, resorbable or resorptive
Official title: {(bio)absorbable, (bio)resorbable or resorptive}
A61B2017/00004 (Absorbable, resorbable or resorptive) appears on 3,426 US grants and 4,220 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 3,426
- Published applications
- 4,220
- Assignees
- 1,123
- Inventors
- 5,135
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 64 | 37 |
| 2002 | 52 | 111 |
| 2003 | 70 | 129 |
| 2004 | 57 | 118 |
| 2005 | 40 | 170 |
| 2006 | 63 | 156 |
| 2007 | 44 | 136 |
| 2008 | 41 | 193 |
| 2009 | 50 | 136 |
| 2010 | 93 | 171 |
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| 2013 | 133 | 183 |
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| 2017 | 174 | 238 |
| 2018 | 156 | 163 |
| 2019 | 197 | 196 |
| 2020 | 153 | 203 |
| 2021 | 156 | 178 |
| 2022 | 162 | 212 |
| 2023 | 158 | 138 |
| 2024 | 139 | 159 |
| 2025 | 128 | 150 |
| 2026 | 60 | 85 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,751,703 B2Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Knotless all suture tissue repair22 Sep 2026US 12,740,778 B2ArthroCare Corporation
- Knotless all suture tissue repair22 Sep 2026US 12,740,779 B2ArthroCare Corporation
- Methods and apparatus for delivering staples to a target tissue8 Sep 2026US 12,727,881 B2Rotation Medical, Inc.
- Introducer cannula having a pleural access liner for use in crossing pleural layers8 Sep 2026US 12,727,909 B2Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Occluder medical device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306085 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Degradable elastomeric matrices, compositions comprising them, methods of preparing them and uses thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306296 A1AbleTx Ltd.
- Wedge Osteotomy Devices, Systems, and Methods for Treating Mid-Foot Disorders1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294494 A1Innovative Midfoot Solutions, Inc.
- Implant for vascular closure17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272437 A1Vivasure Medical Limited
- Bone anchors and screws10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263062 A1Nanohive Medical LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Surgical stapling apparatus with biocompatible surgical fabric2,756US 5,542,594 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1996
- Foam buttress for stapling apparatus2,686US 6,325,810 B1Ethicon, Inc. · 2001
- Selectively orientable implantable fastener cartridge2,602US 8,393,514 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013