A61B 2017/06152
Containing a suture wound in a figure-8 configuration
Official title: {containing a suture wound in a figure-8 configuration}
A61B2017/06152 (Containing a suture wound in a figure-8 configuration) appears on 45 US grants and 20 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 20
- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Housing for storing sutures therein, and methods of use therefor14 Jul 2026US 12,678,157 B2Origami Surgical, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for suture management10 Mar 2026US 12,569,241 B2Medos International Sarl
- Article, method for producing a knotting device for the article, method for producing an article and method for forming and tightening a knot28 Jan 2025US 12,207,635 B2Clouz GmbH
- Heart valve repair21 Feb 2023US 11,583,401 B2Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for suture management6 Sep 2022US 11,432,814 B2Medos International Sarl
- Devices, systems, and methods for suture management18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165701 A1Medos International Sarl
- Article, method for producing a knotting device for the article, method for producing an article and method for forming and tightening a knot19 Oct 2023US 2023/0329699 A1Clouz GmbH
- Heart valve repair29 Jun 2023US 2023/0200991 A1Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for suture management24 Nov 2022US 2022/0370062 A1Medos International Sarl
- Housing for storing sutures therein, and methods of use therefor3 Nov 2022US 2022/0346778 A1Origami Surgical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical method for affixing a valve to a heart using a looped suture combination1,122US 6,506,197 B1Ethicon, Inc. · 2003
- Surgical suture material198US 5,454,834 ARichard Wolf GmbH · 1995
- Suture anchor assembly packaging system143US 5,174,087 AMitek Surgical Products, Inc. · 1992
- Surgical suture retainer package106US 6,016,905 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 2000
- Oval wrap suture package85US 4,961,498 AEthicon, Inc. · 1990