A61B 2017/06042
Located close to needle tip
Official title: {located close to needle tip}
A61B2017/06042 (Located close to needle tip) appears on 851 US grants and 1,046 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 851
- Published applications
- 1,046
- Assignees
- 233
- Inventors
- 1,107
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2025 | 27 | 34 |
| 2026 | 22 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Articulating suturing device11 Aug 2026US 12,702,396 B2Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
- Suturing device and suturing method28 Jul 2026US 12,690,859 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Device for closing a tissue opening23 Jun 2026US 12,661,108 B2UniversitäT ZüRich
- Suture passer and methods of tissue repair2 Jun 2026US 12,642,520 B2Arthrex, Inc.
- Methods of tissue repairs2 Jun 2026US 12,642,521 B2Arthrex, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for passing suture1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294426 A1Clauson Creative Engineering, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for passing suture through tissue13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232311 A1Stryker Corporation
- Multi-Function Systems, Apparatus and Methods for Approximating, Ligating and Fixating Soft Tissue6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224214 A1Passer Stitch, LLC
- Suture device and related methods6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224215 A1NeuroFine Corp.
- Suturing device2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182984 A1Durastat LLC
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
- Flexible endoscopic stitching devices1,476US 8,246,637 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2012
- Endoscopic suturing device1,458US 6,755,843 B2Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 2004
- Suture and retainer assembly and SULU1,422US 8,313,509 B2Covidien LP · 2012