A61B 2017/06019
By means of a suture-receiving lateral eyelet machined in the needle
Official title: {by means of a suture-receiving lateral eyelet machined in the needle}
A61B2017/06019 (By means of a suture-receiving lateral eyelet machined in the needle) appears on 253 US grants and 310 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 253
- Published applications
- 310
- Assignees
- 104
- Inventors
- 421
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 5 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cannula with suture lock15 Sep 2026US 12,733,923 B2Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Surgical guidewire device and suture fixation system8 Sep 2026US 12,727,876 B2Astron Medtech Corporation
- Interface for accessing the interior of a heart8 Sep 2026US 12,727,911 B2Syntach AG
- Suture guiding device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,620 B2Astron Medtech Corporation
- Suture anchor with microthreads and suture anchor driver with needle attachment21 Jul 2026US 12,685,522 B2Aevumed, Inc.
- Suturing device2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182984 A1Durastat LLC
- Suture needle devices and suture attachment methods11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157748 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Access Device For A Heart, A Removable Hemostatic Valve Unit, And A System And A Method Of Creating A Transapical Passage On A Beating Heart4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151158 A1Syntach AG
- Surgical guidewire device and suture fixation system30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114863 A1Astron Medtech Corporation
- Suture based closure device for use with endoscope12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041418 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vascular suturing apparatus1,936US 5,571,090 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1996
- Endoscopic suturing system1,510US 7,530,985 B2Olympus Corporation · 2009
- Nonstented heart valves with formed in situ support1,449US 7,534,259 B2Direct Flow Medical, Inc. · 2009
- Apparatus and method for surgical suturing with thread management1,266US 6,923,819 B2SuturTek Incorporated · 2005
- Endoscopic vascular suturing apparatus1,180US 5,728,113 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1998