A61B 2017/06104
Interconnected at their distal ends
Official title: {interconnected at their distal ends, e.g. two hollow needles forming a loop for passing a suture}
A61B2017/06104 (Interconnected at their distal ends) appears on 60 US grants and 80 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- 23 Sep 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
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- Devices, systems, and methods for coupling flexible filament to soft tissue16 Oct 2025US 2025/0318825 A1Conextions, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for passing suture9 Oct 2025US 2025/0312030 A1Clauson Creative Engineering, Inc.
- A closure device6 Mar 2025US 2025/0072880 A1Pylon Medical Ltd.
- Method and apparatus for passing suture7 Nov 2024US 2024/0366216 A1Maruho Co., Ltd.
- Anchors and locks for percutaneous valve implants6 Jun 2024US 2024/0180544 A1Valfix Medical Ltd.
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