A61B 2017/0427
Having anchoring barbs or pins extending outwardly from the anchor body
Official title: {having anchoring barbs or pins extending outwardly from the anchor body}
A61B2017/0427 (Having anchoring barbs or pins extending outwardly from the anchor body) appears on 1,159 US grants and 1,534 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,159
- Published applications
- 1,534
- Assignees
- 373
- Inventors
- 1,691
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2011 | 37 | 79 |
| 2012 | 40 | 58 |
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| 2014 | 65 | 97 |
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| 2017 | 75 | 87 |
| 2018 | 69 | 60 |
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| 2023 | 44 | 60 |
| 2024 | 51 | 62 |
| 2025 | 60 | 59 |
| 2026 | 28 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Devices, systems, and methods for repairing soft tissue and attaching soft tissue to bone22 Sep 2026US 12,740,777 B2Conextions, Inc.
- Method for tissue fixation8 Sep 2026US 12,727,871 B2Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
- Methods and devices for suture anchor continuous compression25 Aug 2026US 12,714,414 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Device for heart repair25 Aug 2026US 12,714,564 B2Cardiomech AS
- Suture anchors with one-way locking mechanisms18 Aug 2026US 12,708,359 B2Arthrex, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for supporting a u-shaped portion of an elongate flexible element relative to a human body tissue23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207189 A1TriMed, Inc.
- Systems, apparatus and methods to repair operation of a heart valve16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199090 A1Primo Medical Group, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for clamping a leaflet of a heart valve16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199092 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Minimally invasive rib fracture anchoring fixation9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191570 A1Zimmer Biomet CMF and Thoracic, LLC
- Cannulated suture and/or graft anchor2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183101 A1Acumed LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems for securing sutures, grafts and soft tissue to bone and periosteum2,057US 6,200,330 B12001
- 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
- Electromagnetic treatment of tissues and cells1,626US 7,967,839 B2Rocky Mountain Biosystems, Inc. · 2011
- Implantation system for annuloplasty rings1,610US 7,485,142 B22009