A61B 2017/06057
Double-armed sutures, i.e. sutures having a needle attached to each end
Official title: {Double-armed sutures, i.e. sutures having a needle attached to each end}
A61B2017/06057 (Double-armed sutures, i.e. sutures having a needle attached to each end) appears on 442 US grants and 478 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Prosthetic incision device and methods thereof28 Apr 2026US 12,611,304 B2LSI Solutions, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for forming a self-locking adjustable loop24 Mar 2026US 12,582,395 B2Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
- Methods and instrumentation for durotomy repairs17 Mar 2026US 12,575,822 B2Arthrex, Inc.
- Anastomosis device27 Jan 2026US 12,533,134 B2Lydus Medical Ltd.
- 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.
- Soft Anchor Constructs And Methods Of Tissue Repairs27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248605 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Suture assembly with tubular sheath pledget and method of using the same13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232307 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for forming a self-locking adjustable loop23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207188 A1Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
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By later US patents
- Surgical device for stapling and/or fastening body tissues3,256US 5,389,098 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Surgical device for stapling and/or fastening body tissues2,247US 5,582,611 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1996
- Apparatus for vascular hole closure1,808US 6,042,601 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 2000
- Method of securing a graft using a graft fixation device1,787US 6,436,110 B1Ethicon, Inc. · 2002
- Graft fixation device combination1,687US 6,402,766 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2002