A61B 2017/0458
Longitudinal through hole
Official title: {Longitudinal through hole, e.g. suture blocked by a distal suture knot}
A61B2017/0458 (Longitudinal through hole) appears on 1,222 US grants and 1,390 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,222
- Published applications
- 1,390
- Assignees
- 295
- Inventors
- 1,307
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Knotless micro-suture anchors and anchor arrays for anatomical attachment of soft tissue to bone6 Oct 2026US 12,751,712 B2Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc.
- Soft anchors for anatomical fixation, and related systems and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,746,000 B2Medos International Sarl
- Soft surgical construct and method of use for tissue repair15 Sep 2026US 12,733,921 B2Arthrex, Inc.
- Surgical constructs for tissue fixation and methods of tissue repairs11 Aug 2026US 12,702,401 B2Arthrex, Inc.
- Suture tension distribution28 Jul 2026US 12,690,967 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Surgical Constructs with Collapsing Suture Loop and Methods for Securing Tissue16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198916 A1Medos International Sarl
- Tensionable tether16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198919 A1Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- Systems, apparatus and methods to repair operation of a heart valve16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199090 A1Primo Medical Group, Inc.
- Implanter capable of simultaneously implanting bone anchor, patch and suture9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191521 A1The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
- Suture anchor assembly25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174424 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fastener delivery and deployment mechanism and method for placing the fastener in minimally invasive surgery1,994US 5,891,160 ACardiovascular Technologies, LLC · 1999
- Tissue reconfiguration1,584US 6,494,888 B1ndo surgical, Inc. · 2002
- Full stroke compelling mechanism for surgical instrument with drum drive1,550US 4,448,194 AEthicon, Inc. · 1984
- Endoscopic suturing system1,510US 7,530,985 B2Olympus Corporation · 2009
- Devices and methods for attaching an endolumenal gastrointestinal implant1,476US 8,070,743 B2ValenTx, Inc. · 2011