A61B 2017/049
Instruments for removing suture clamps, clips or locks
Official title: {Instruments for removing suture clamps, clips or locks}
A61B2017/049 (Instruments for removing suture clamps, clips or locks) appears on 9 US grants and 15 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Inventors
- 22
- Latest grant
- 28 Oct 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Device and method for unlatching a surgical clip28 Oct 2025US 12,453,549 B2Teleflex Medical Incorporated
- Fixation device for securing a linear element to a workpiece9 Jan 2024US 11,867,223 B2Brijjit Medical, Inc.
- All-suture suture anchor systems and methods19 Dec 2023US 11,844,510 B2Cayenne Medical, Inc.
- Fixation device for securing a linear element to a workpiece20 Jul 2021US 11,067,107 B2Emrge, LLC
- All-suture suture anchor systems and methods6 Apr 2021US 10,966,703 B2Cayenne Medical, Inc.
- Locking device, system and method of use thereof27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248500 A1MVRx, Inc.
- Device and method for unlatching a surgical clip30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114864 A1Teleflex Medical Incorporated
- Fixation device for securing a linear element to a workpiece28 Mar 2024US 2024/0102499 A1Brijjit Medical, Inc.
- Device and method for unlatching a surgical clip10 Nov 2022US 2022/0354484 A1Teleflex Medical Incorporated
- Fixation device for securing a linear element to a workpiece4 Nov 2021US 2021/0341003 A1Emrge, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical clamp and method28US 5,304,188 A1994
- Suture securement devices22US 9,498,202 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · 2016
- All-suture suture anchor systems and methods4US 9,622,740 B2Cayenne Medical, Inc. · 2017
- Fixation device for securing a linear element to a workpiece2US 10,094,401 B2Emrge, LLC · 2018
- All-suture suture anchor systems and methods1US 10,966,703 B2Cayenne Medical, Inc. · 2021