A61B 2017/06052
Needle-suture combinations in which a suture is extending inside a hollow tubular
Official title: {Needle-suture combinations in which a suture is extending inside a hollow tubular needle, e.g. over the entire length of the needle}
A61B2017/06052 (Needle-suture combinations in which a suture is extending inside a hollow tubular) appears on 978 US grants and 1,336 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 978
- Published applications
- 1,336
- Assignees
- 316
- Inventors
- 1,462
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Cannula with suture lock15 Sep 2026US 12,733,923 B2Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Tissue repair device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,873 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Anchor assembly25 Aug 2026US 12,714,416 B2Field Orthopaedics PTY Ltd
- Articulating suturing device11 Aug 2026US 12,702,396 B2Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
- Endoscopic needle assembly23 Jun 2026US 12,661,109 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Catheter devices and methods of closing openings in tissue8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306084 A1
- Method and apparatus for passing suture1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294428 A1Clauson Creative Engineering, Inc.
- Leaflet capture and anchor deployment system10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263219 A1Pipeline Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Tissue crossing system and anchors for use therewith16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198915 A1Transmural Systems LLC
- Knotless Sutures Including Integrated Closures2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182983 A1Stitchlock, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for sternotomy closure1,688US 8,469,973 B2EndoEvolution, LLC · 2013
- Methods and apparatus for cardiac valve repair1,620US 6,629,534 B1Evalve, Inc. · 2003
- Tissue manipulation and securement system1,606US 7,736,374 B2USGI Medical, Inc. · 2010
- Tissue reconfiguration1,584US 6,494,888 B1ndo surgical, Inc. · 2002
- Integrated handle assembly for anchor delivery system1,529US 7,905,889 B2NeoTract, Inc. · 2011