A61B 2017/00637
For sealing trocar wounds through abdominal wall
Official title: {for sealing trocar wounds through abdominal wall}
A61B2017/00637 (For sealing trocar wounds through abdominal wall) appears on 963 US grants and 1,003 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,003
- Assignees
- 301
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- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Tissue aperture closure device20 Jan 2026US 12,527,570 B2Davol Inc.
- Surgical guidewire device and suture fixation system30 Dec 2025US 12,508,017 B2Astron Medtech Corporation
- Integrated closure device2 Dec 2025US 12,484,894 B2
- Minimally-invasive suturing device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215772 A1KOVE Medical AG
- Surgical guidewire device and suture fixation system30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114863 A1Astron Medtech Corporation
- Dual-deployment suture placement & anesthesia delivery appliance and related devices and methods26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054046 A1New Wave Endo-Surgical Corp.
- Device and method for closing an opening of a body wall5 Feb 2026US 2026/0033818 A1
- Systems and methods for lead delivery5 Feb 2026US 2026/0033820 A1AtaCor Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vascular sheath with puncture site closure apparatus and methods of use1,918US 6,197,042 B1Medical Technology Group, Inc. · 2001
- Advanced wound site management systems and methods1,884US 6,767,356 B2AngioLink Corporation · 2004
- Surgical stapling device and method1,860US 7,008,435 B22006
- Apparatus for vascular hole closure1,808US 6,042,601 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 2000
- Method and device for percutaneous sealing of internal puncture sites1,783US 6,033,427 A2000