A61B 2017/0448
Additional elements on or within the anchor
Official title: {Additional elements on or within the anchor}
A61B2017/0448 (Additional elements on or within the anchor) appears on 1,059 US grants and 1,367 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,059
- Published applications
- 1,367
- Assignees
- 319
- Inventors
- 1,401
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2025 | 56 | 50 |
| 2026 | 31 | 42 |
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.
- Knotless all suture tissue repair22 Sep 2026US 12,740,778 B2ArthroCare Corporation
- Knotless all suture tissue repair22 Sep 2026US 12,740,779 B2ArthroCare Corporation
- 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.
- Suture anchor devices, systems, and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306093 A1NovantX, LLC
- Suture Tensioning Anchor Inserter24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283611 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Large push-in suture anchor24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283612 A1Responsive Arthroscopy, Inc.
- Systems, methods and devices for embolic protection16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199076 A1Javelin Medical Ltd.
- Locking Device, Tissue Ligation Apparatus, and Endoscopic Surgical Instrument9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191526 A1Micro-Tech (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for cardiac valve repair1,620US 6,629,534 B1Evalve, Inc. · 2003
- Integrated handle assembly for anchor delivery system1,529US 7,905,889 B2NeoTract, Inc. · 2011
- Endoscopic suturing system1,510US 7,530,985 B2Olympus Corporation · 2009
- Methods and apparatus for cardiac valve repair1,366US 7,608,091 B2Evalve, Inc. · 2009
- Method and apparatus for anchoring and manipulating cartilage1,293US 4,741,330 A1988