A61B 2017/06085
Having a blunt tip
Official title: {having a blunt tip}
A61B2017/06085 (Having a blunt tip) appears on 185 US grants and 191 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 185
- Published applications
- 191
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 213
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Vaginal cuff closure laparoscopic suture passer14 Jan 2025US 12,193,659 B2Hologic, Inc.
- Bi-directional barbed suture with tailored suture segments10 Sep 2024US 12,082,805 B2Ethicon, Inc.
- Transobturator methods for installing sling to treat incontinence, and related devices5 Dec 2023US 11,833,021 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturing26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083452 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Felting set for attaching implants to soft tissue13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345056 A1Zurimed Technologies AG
- Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturing3 Jul 2025US 2025/0213245 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Suture passing device for arthroscopic surgery15 May 2025US 2025/0152165 A1
- Suturing devices and methods for suturing an anatomic valve4 Apr 2024US 2024/0108327 A1HeartStitch, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for surgical suturing with thread management1,266US 6,923,819 B2SuturTek Incorporated · 2005
- Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturing1,073US 9,474,523 B2EndoEvolution, LLC · 2016
- Knotted cable attachment apparatus formed of braided polymeric fibers832US 5,628,756 ASmith & Nephew Richards Inc. · 1997
- Surgical instrument and method for treating female urinary incontinence751US 6,273,852 B1Ethicon, Inc. · 2001
- Load bearing polymeric cable681US 5,456,722 ASmith & Nephew Richards Inc. · 1995