A61B 2017/00592
Elastic or resilient implements
Official title: {Elastic or resilient implements}
A61B2017/00592 (Elastic or resilient implements) appears on 984 US grants and 1,363 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 984
- Published applications
- 1,363
- Assignees
- 310
- Inventors
- 1,321
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 9 | 3 |
| 2002 | 15 | 27 |
| 2003 | 13 | 21 |
| 2004 | 8 | 39 |
| 2005 | 11 | 76 |
| 2006 | 14 | 45 |
| 2007 | 12 | 72 |
| 2008 | 17 | 57 |
| 2009 | 19 | 34 |
| 2010 | 38 | 60 |
| 2011 | 39 | 56 |
| 2012 | 39 | 55 |
| 2013 | 47 | 67 |
| 2014 | 84 | 96 |
| 2015 | 58 | 66 |
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| 2017 | 57 | 60 |
| 2018 | 45 | 50 |
| 2019 | 62 | 69 |
| 2020 | 56 | 56 |
| 2021 | 38 | 49 |
| 2022 | 47 | 59 |
| 2023 | 40 | 45 |
| 2024 | 38 | 57 |
| 2025 | 47 | 54 |
| 2026 | 33 | 24 |
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
- Occluder with stretchable waist29 Sep 2026US 12,745,994 B2Occlutech GmbH
- Staple head and surgical stapler1 Sep 2026US 12,721,626 B2Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd.
- Off-center tissue anchors25 Aug 2026US 12,714,417 B24Tech Inc.
- Surgical clip and deployment system25 Aug 2026US 12,714,428 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Left atrial appendage occlusion assemblies1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294415 A1Covidien LP
- Implant for vascular closure17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272437 A1Vivasure Medical Limited
- Closure devices27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248493 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Left atrial appendage occlusion device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240532 A1Elevate Innovations, LLC
- Occluder locking mechanisms13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232304 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hoop design for occlusion device1,637US 6,960,220 B2Cardia, Inc. · 2005
- Methods and apparatus for cardiac valve repair1,620US 6,629,534 B1Evalve, Inc. · 2003
- Flexible medical device1,517US 7,413,563 B2Cardia, Inc. · 2008
- Percutaneous catheter directed constricting occlusion device1,418US 5,944,738 AAGA Medical Corporation · 1999
- Closing plug of a defect for medical use and a closing plug device utilizing it1,412US 5,192,301 ANippon Zeon Co., Ltd. · 1993