A61B 2017/00884
Enhancing wound closure
Official title: {enhancing wound closure}
A61B2017/00884 (Enhancing wound closure) appears on 526 US grants and 733 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 526
- Published applications
- 733
- Assignees
- 182
- Inventors
- 821
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 40 | 33 |
| 2024 | 37 | 44 |
| 2025 | 33 | 25 |
| 2026 | 16 | 9 |
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
- Incision closure device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,627 B2ClozeX Medical, LLC
- Device for heart repair25 Aug 2026US 12,714,564 B2Cardiomech AS
- Therapeutic treatment device with inverted braided vessel occluder28 Jul 2026US 12,690,870 B2TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc.
- Pericardial anchoring system16 Jun 2026US 12,653,672 B2Pipeline Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Closure devices27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248493 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- A device for in situ inflatable vacuum-assisted fistula-therapy27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248997 A1Mor Research Applications Ltd.
- Exclusion device beams and related methods11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157759 A1AtriCure, Inc.
- A device for treating a fistula4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151123 A1University Hospitals Birmingham Nhs Foundation Trust
- Suture retention device7 May 2026US 2026/0123920 A1DRS Vascular, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Selectively orientable implantable fastener cartridge2,602US 8,393,514 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Surgical stapling apparatus having a wound closure material applicator assembly2,063US 7,431,730 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2008
- Collapsible fastener cartridge2,017US 9,044,227 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Surgical stapling instrument with compact articulation control arrangement1,980US 8,840,003 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Fastener system comprising a retention matrix and a cover1,960US 8,474,677 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013