A61B 2017/00663
The implement being a suture
Official title: {the implement being a suture}
A61B2017/00663 (The implement being a suture) appears on 739 US grants and 869 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 739
- Published applications
- 869
- Assignees
- 244
- Inventors
- 1,000
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 1998 | 25 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 15 | 21 |
| 2003 | 10 | 16 |
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| 2006 | 20 | 23 |
| 2007 | 5 | 28 |
| 2008 | 7 | 20 |
| 2009 | 2 | 26 |
| 2010 | 21 | 35 |
| 2011 | 22 | 48 |
| 2012 | 25 | 60 |
| 2013 | 31 | 45 |
| 2014 | 36 | 50 |
| 2015 | 37 | 44 |
| 2016 | 49 | 43 |
| 2017 | 47 | 56 |
| 2018 | 32 | 27 |
| 2019 | 49 | 50 |
| 2020 | 40 | 41 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 |
| 2022 | 32 | 38 |
| 2023 | 22 | 31 |
| 2024 | 28 | 33 |
| 2025 | 31 | 33 |
| 2026 | 20 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Surgical vessel closing pressure device29 Sep 2026US 12,745,995 B2Catheter Precision, Inc.
- Closure device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,611 B2Pylon Medical Ltd.
- Articulating suturing device11 Aug 2026US 12,702,396 B2Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
- Vessel closure devices and methods11 Aug 2026US 12,702,403 B2Neuro Fine Corp.
- Surgical vessel closing pressure device with pressure sensitive film11 Aug 2026US 12,702,404 B2Catheter Precision, Inc.
- Catheter devices and methods of closing openings in tissue8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306084 A1
- Left atrial appendage manipulation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294418 A1Append Medical Ltd.
- Suture device and related methods6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224215 A1NeuroFine Corp.
- Minimally-invasive suturing device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215772 A1KOVE Medical AG
- Medical needle assembly23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207191 A1
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
- Surgical stapling device and method1,860US 7,008,435 B22006
- Apparatus for vascular hole closure1,808US 6,042,601 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 2000
- Tunneling instrument for port access multivessel coronary artery bypass surgery1,399US 6,613,069 B2Heartport, Inc. · 2003
- Device and method for the percutaneous suturing of a vascular puncture site1,308US 5,417,699 APerclose, Inc. · 1995