A61B 2017/0498
For advancing a suture filament along a helical path through tissue
Official title: {for advancing a suture filament along a helical path through tissue}
A61B2017/0498 (For advancing a suture filament along a helical path through tissue) appears on 64 US grants and 78 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 64
- Published applications
- 78
- Assignees
- 33
- Inventors
- 93
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
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| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2011 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2016 | 3 | 8 |
| 2017 | 12 | 17 |
| 2018 | 12 | 9 |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 |
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| 2022 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 |
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| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Full eversion anastomosis juncture formation and suturing24 Feb 2026US 12,558,096 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Movable suturing apparatus and method26 Aug 2025US 12,396,721 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Movable suturing apparatus and method26 Aug 2025US 12,396,722 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Suturing with an endoluminal gastroplasty device19 Aug 2025US 12,390,215 B2Nitinotes Ltd.
- Spring and coil devices for papillary muscle approximation and ventricle remodeling29 Apr 2025US 12,285,337 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Movable suturing apparatus and method27 Nov 2025US 2025/0359866 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Systems and methods for fixing soft tissue23 Oct 2025US 2025/0325259 A1Lmt, LLC
- Spring and coil devices for papillary muscle approximation and ventricle remodeling17 Jul 2025US 2025/0228668 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Surgical method and system for performing the same3 Jul 2025US 2025/0213246 A1Meacor, Inc.
- Surgical method and system for performing the same16 Nov 2023US 2023/0363756 A1Meacor, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multiple coil staple and staple applier1,569US 7,722,610 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2010
- Apparatus and method for surgical suturing with thread management1,266US 6,923,819 B2SuturTek Incorporated · 2005
- Apparatus and method for suturing tissue217US 9,125,644 B2Safepath Medical, Inc. · 2015
- Surgical suturing instrument and method of use144US 7,037,315 B2DVL Aquisition Sub, Inc. · 2006
- Needle for suturing instrument105US 8,066,737 B2EndoEvolution, LLC · 2011