A61B 2017/0608
J-shaped
Official title: {J-shaped}
A61B2017/0608 (J-shaped) appears on 504 US grants and 707 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 504
- Published applications
- 707
- Assignees
- 190
- Inventors
- 862
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 4 | 6 |
| 2003 | 2 | 10 |
| 2004 | 3 | 12 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17 |
| 2006 | 5 | 21 |
| 2007 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 5 | 15 |
| 2009 | 5 | 16 |
| 2010 | 9 | 20 |
| 2011 | 12 | 14 |
| 2012 | 11 | 18 |
| 2013 | 16 | 23 |
| 2014 | 15 | 26 |
| 2015 | 22 | 36 |
| 2016 | 31 | 44 |
| 2017 | 40 | 61 |
| 2018 | 36 | 43 |
| 2019 | 35 | 51 |
| 2020 | 39 | 44 |
| 2021 | 32 | 37 |
| 2022 | 34 | 48 |
| 2023 | 28 | 35 |
| 2024 | 37 | 35 |
| 2025 | 36 | 40 |
| 2026 | 22 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Devices and methods for tissue repair1 Sep 2026US 12,721,617 B2Medos International Sarl
- Anchor assembly25 Aug 2026US 12,714,416 B2Field Orthopaedics PTY Ltd
- Systems, devices and methods of making highly elastic suture needles for minimally invasive surgery25 Aug 2026US 12,714,421 B2Ethicon, Inc.
- Electric or manual geared suturing device11 Aug 2026US 12,702,402 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturing4 Aug 2026US 12,697,115 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Indirect attachment of a needle to a mesh suture10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263065 A1Northwestern University
- Suturing device and methods of use thereof13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232310 A1Soranus Arge Ve Danismanlik Hizmetleri Sanayi Ticaret Anonim Sirketi
- Multi-Function Systems, Apparatus and Methods for Approximating, Ligating and Fixating Soft Tissue6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224214 A1Passer Stitch, LLC
- Surgical suturing instrument9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191524 A1
- Methods and instrumentation for durotomy repairs2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182982 A1Arthrex, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Apparatus and method for surgical suturing with thread management1,266US 6,923,819 B2SuturTek Incorporated · 2005
- Laparoscopic gastric and intestinal trocar1,099US 8,795,308 B22014
- Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturing1,073US 9,474,523 B2EndoEvolution, LLC · 2016