A61B 2017/0609
Having sharp tips at both ends
Official title: {having sharp tips at both ends, e.g. shuttle needle alternately retained and released by first and second facing jaws of a suturing instrument}
A61B2017/0609 (Having sharp tips at both ends) appears on 223 US grants and 251 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 223
- Published applications
- 251
- Assignees
- 71
- Inventors
- 340
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Crimping device and method12 May 2026US 12,622,691 B2Suturion AB
- Suturing device with improved needle transferring mechanism7 Apr 2026US 12,594,070 B2Suturion AB
- Electric suturing devices for endoscopy and laparoscopy17 Mar 2026US 12,575,823 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Suturing systems and components thereof17 Mar 2026US 12,575,827 B2Novelrad Ltd.
- Suture based closure device10 Mar 2026US 12,569,245 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Surgical suturing device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240539 A1Mellon Medical B.V.
- Suturing device and methods of use thereof13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232310 A1Soranus Arge Ve Danismanlik Hizmetleri Sanayi Ticaret Anonim Sirketi
- Suturing systems and components thereof23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207194 A1Novelrad Ltd.
- Electric suturing devices for endoscopy and laparoscopy18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165703 A1Gyrus Acmi. Inc. D/B/A Olympus Sugical Technologies America
- Suture needle devices and suture attachment methods11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157748 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic arm DLUs for performing surgical tasks2,751US 6,231,565 B1United States Surgical Corporation · 2001
- Robotic arm DLUs for performing surgical tasks1,983US 6,827,712 B2United States Surgical Corporation · 2004
- Vascular suturing apparatus1,936US 5,571,090 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1996
- Surgical instruments including MEMS devices1,823US 8,808,311 B2Covidien LP · 2014
- Multiple needle suturing instrument and method1,668US 6,159,224 A2000