A61B 2017/0461
With features cooperating with special features on the suture
Official title: {with features cooperating with special features on the suture, e.g. protrusions on the suture}
A61B2017/0461 (With features cooperating with special features on the suture) appears on 442 US grants and 556 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 442
- Published applications
- 556
- Assignees
- 174
- Inventors
- 696
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 7 |
| 2003 | 9 | 8 |
| 2004 | 4 | 23 |
| 2005 | 0 | 27 |
| 2006 | 6 | 37 |
| 2007 | 3 | 19 |
| 2008 | 9 | 25 |
| 2009 | 9 | 23 |
| 2010 | 17 | 24 |
| 2011 | 21 | 23 |
| 2012 | 20 | 26 |
| 2013 | 22 | 29 |
| 2014 | 21 | 25 |
| 2015 | 30 | 27 |
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| 2017 | 21 | 26 |
| 2018 | 18 | 23 |
| 2019 | 25 | 21 |
| 2020 | 22 | 23 |
| 2021 | 21 | 20 |
| 2022 | 14 | 18 |
| 2023 | 15 | 17 |
| 2024 | 20 | 16 |
| 2025 | 15 | 29 |
| 2026 | 12 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Soft anchors for anatomical fixation, and related systems and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,746,000 B2Medos International Sarl
- Knotless all suture tissue repair22 Sep 2026US 12,740,778 B2ArthroCare Corporation
- Knotless all suture tissue repair22 Sep 2026US 12,740,779 B2ArthroCare Corporation
- Suture anchors with one-way locking mechanisms18 Aug 2026US 12,708,359 B2Arthrex, Inc.
- Suture tension distribution28 Jul 2026US 12,690,967 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Indirect attachment of a needle to a mesh suture10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263065 A1Northwestern University
- Systems, apparatus and methods to repair operation of a heart valve16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199090 A1Primo Medical Group, Inc.
- Systems, devices and methods for tissue fixation and approximating tissue defects2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182986 A1TAS Medical Inc.
- Soft suture anchor assembly with locking element21 May 2026US 2026/0137381 A1Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Anchors for tissue approximation procedures14 May 2026US 2026/0130661 A1Endo Tools Therapeutics S.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems for securing sutures, grafts and soft tissue to bone and periosteum2,057US 6,200,330 B12001
- Electromagnetic treatment of tissues and cells1,626US 7,967,839 B2Rocky Mountain Biosystems, Inc. · 2011
- Systems for securing sutures, grafts and soft tissue to bone and periosteum1,553US 7,326,213 B22008
- Surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence1,454US 6,500,194 B2SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2002
- Suture and retainer assembly and SULU1,422US 8,313,509 B2Covidien LP · 2012