A61B 2017/0495
Reinforcements for suture lines
Official title: {Reinforcements for suture lines}
A61B2017/0495 (Reinforcements for suture lines) appears on 109 US grants and 178 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 178
- Assignees
- 84
- Inventors
- 318
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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| 2026 | 3 | 11 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Surgical pads and spacers23 Jun 2026US 12,661,104 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Tie systems for sternal closure9 Jun 2026US 12,648,769 B2The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Tissue engagement device and method2 Jun 2026US 12,642,519 B2NewSouth Innovations Pty Limited
- Method and apparatus for soft tissue fixation16 Dec 2025US 12,496,059 B2Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
- Bone fusion device25 Nov 2025US 12,478,484 B2SMed-TA/TD, LLC
- Tie systems for sternal closure17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272444 A1The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Free-floating reinforcement tag for surgical suture material27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248501 A1Winter Innovations, Inc.
- Knotless Sutures Including Integrated Closures2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182983 A1Stitchlock, Inc.
- Bioinductive anchor augment for tissue repair11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157840 A1
- Composite scaffold for the repair, reconstruction, and regeneration of soft tissues23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108345 A1Conmed Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hybrid biologic-synthetic bioabsorbable scaffolds1,150US 8,366,787 B2DePuy Products, Inc. · 2013
- Method and apparatus for stitching tendons110US 9,357,991 B2Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC · 2016
- Methods and systems for accessing a pericardial space and preventing strokes arising from the left atrial appendage83US 9,186,174 B22015
- Method and apparatus for stitching tendons73US 10,265,159 B2Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC · 2019
- System for providing surgical access40US 9,883,857 B2Entourage Medical Technologies, Inc. · 2018