A61B 2017/0419
H-fasteners
Official title: {H-fasteners}
A61B2017/0419 (H-fasteners) appears on 690 US grants and 966 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 690
- Published applications
- 966
- Assignees
- 186
- Inventors
- 989
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 8 |
| 2002 | 10 | 7 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 |
| 2004 | 9 | 34 |
| 2005 | 1 | 76 |
| 2006 | 11 | 64 |
| 2007 | 6 | 57 |
| 2008 | 15 | 52 |
| 2009 | 22 | 38 |
| 2010 | 46 | 43 |
| 2011 | 38 | 41 |
| 2012 | 43 | 54 |
| 2013 | 39 | 46 |
| 2014 | 48 | 53 |
| 2015 | 35 | 38 |
| 2016 | 40 | 39 |
| 2017 | 35 | 47 |
| 2018 | 27 | 28 |
| 2019 | 44 | 51 |
| 2020 | 41 | 41 |
| 2021 | 29 | 33 |
| 2022 | 34 | 24 |
| 2023 | 21 | 29 |
| 2024 | 18 | 22 |
| 2025 | 25 | 24 |
| 2026 | 11 | 11 |
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.
- Off-center tissue anchors25 Aug 2026US 12,714,417 B24Tech Inc.
- Tie systems for sternal closure9 Jun 2026US 12,648,769 B2The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Delivery system with anchoring nosecone and method of delivery26 May 2026US 12,636,151 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Heart valve repair12 May 2026US 12,622,784 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Heart valve treatment device and method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272651 A1The Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars and the other members of Board, of the College of the Holy
- System for delivery of a fiducial marker27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248583 A1Teleflex Life Sciences Limited
- Heart valve repair20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240654 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Devices and methods for retracting prostatic tissue of a patient9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191527 A1
- Anchors for tissue approximation procedures14 May 2026US 2026/0130661 A1Endo Tools Therapeutics S.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical fastening system1,824US 7,066,944 B22006
- Method of securing a graft using a graft fixation device1,787US 6,436,110 B1Ethicon, Inc. · 2002
- Graft fixation device combination1,687US 6,402,766 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2002
- Meniscal repair device having integral spring member1,631US 6,152,935 AEthicon, Inc. · 2000
- Methods and apparatus for cardiac valve repair1,620US 6,629,534 B1Evalve, Inc. · 2003