A61B 2017/0409
Instruments for applying suture anchors
Official title: {Instruments for applying suture anchors}
A61B2017/0409 (Instruments for applying suture anchors) appears on 3,369 US grants and 4,316 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 3,369
- Published applications
- 4,316
- Assignees
- 774
- Inventors
- 3,789
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 115 | 128 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Device for heart repair6 Oct 2026US 12,751,709 B2Cardiomech AS
- Devices and methods for occluding or promoting fluid flow6 Oct 2026US 12,751,710 B2Vasorum Ltd.
- Knotless micro-suture anchors and anchor arrays for anatomical attachment of soft tissue to bone6 Oct 2026US 12,751,712 B2Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc.
- Surgical devices for bone6 Oct 2026US 12,751,715 B2Expand Medical Ltd.
- Anchor apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,745,998 B2Spectral-Flush Anchor Systems LLC
- Catheter devices and methods of closing openings in tissue8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306084 A1
- Suture anchor devices, systems, and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306093 A1NovantX, LLC
- Expanding surgical anchor and method of tissue repair1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294424 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Suture Tensioning Anchor Inserter24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283611 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Large push-in suture anchor24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283612 A1Responsive Arthroscopy, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Stapler device particularly useful in medical suturing2,427US 5,520,700 ATechnion Research & Development Foundation Limited · 1996
- Suture buttress1,840US 6,156,056 AEthicon, Inc. · 2000
- Surgical stapler with floating anvil1,827US 8,893,949 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Surgical fastening system1,824US 7,066,944 B22006
- Tissue thickness compensator for a surgical stapler1,798US 8,657,176 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014