A61B 2017/0451
Cams or wedges holding the suture by friction
Official title: {Cams or wedges holding the suture by friction}
A61B2017/0451 (Cams or wedges holding the suture by friction) appears on 325 US grants and 405 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 325
- Published applications
- 405
- Assignees
- 125
- Inventors
- 532
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 2023 | 18 | 11 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9 |
| 2026 | 5 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
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- Apparatus and method for applying and adjusting an anchoring device920US 5,507,754 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1996