A61B 2017/0417
T-fasteners
Official title: {T-fasteners}
A61B2017/0417 (T-fasteners) appears on 1,860 US grants and 2,574 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,860
- Published applications
- 2,574
- Assignees
- 530
- Inventors
- 2,599
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 16 | 16 |
| 2002 | 16 | 20 |
| 2003 | 26 | 31 |
| 2004 | 20 | 62 |
| 2005 | 10 | 98 |
| 2006 | 23 | 75 |
| 2007 | 8 | 93 |
| 2008 | 12 | 93 |
| 2009 | 25 | 103 |
| 2010 | 65 | 105 |
| 2011 | 76 | 110 |
| 2012 | 96 | 143 |
| 2013 | 94 | 130 |
| 2014 | 112 | 116 |
| 2015 | 116 | 109 |
| 2016 | 113 | 117 |
| 2017 | 91 | 142 |
| 2018 | 99 | 114 |
| 2019 | 114 | 130 |
| 2020 | 116 | 109 |
| 2021 | 95 | 109 |
| 2022 | 91 | 137 |
| 2023 | 94 | 118 |
| 2024 | 90 | 111 |
| 2025 | 108 | 115 |
| 2026 | 55 | 68 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Tissue repair device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,873 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Methods and systems for delivering prostheses using rail techniques8 Sep 2026US 12,727,996 B2Transmural Systems LLC
- Devices and methods for tissue repair1 Sep 2026US 12,721,617 B2Medos International Sarl
- Surgical fixation devices and methods of use thereof25 Aug 2026US 12,714,413 B2Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Off-center tissue anchors25 Aug 2026US 12,714,417 B24Tech Inc.
- Tensionable and lockable micro suture anchors and anchor arrays for anatomical attachment of soft tissue to bone24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283780 A1Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc.
- Tissue Engagement Device and Method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272443 A1NewSouth Innovations Pty Limited
- Device and method for releasing catheters from cardiac structures17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273225 A1Ancora Heart, Inc.
- Indirect attachment of a needle to a mesh suture10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263065 A1Northwestern University
- Soft Anchor Constructs And Methods Of Tissue Repairs27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248605 A1Arthrex, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical fastening system1,824US 7,066,944 B22006
- Methods and apparatus for cardiac valve repair1,620US 6,629,534 B1Evalve, Inc. · 2003
- Tissue manipulation and securement system1,606US 7,736,374 B2USGI Medical, Inc. · 2010
- Tissue reconfiguration1,584US 6,494,888 B1ndo surgical, Inc. · 2002
- Integrated handle assembly for anchor delivery system1,529US 7,905,889 B2NeoTract, Inc. · 2011