A61B 2017/06171
Helically or spirally coiled
Official title: {helically or spirally coiled}
A61B2017/06171 (Helically or spirally coiled) appears on 235 US grants and 305 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 235
- Published applications
- 305
- Assignees
- 91
- Inventors
- 329
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 10 |
| 2003 | 7 | 10 |
| 2004 | 3 | 21 |
| 2005 | 4 | 23 |
| 2006 | 8 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 10 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12 |
| 2009 | 4 | 7 |
| 2010 | 12 | 19 |
| 2011 | 11 | 9 |
| 2012 | 9 | 20 |
| 2013 | 11 | 9 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7 |
| 2015 | 8 | 16 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 |
| 2017 | 20 | 31 |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 |
| 2019 | 9 | 20 |
| 2020 | 15 | 14 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 13 | 12 |
| 2023 | 10 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for ligament graft preparation18 Aug 2026US 12,708,505 B2Medos International Sarl
- Braided fiducial metallic marker system23 Dec 2025US 12,502,245 B2Surgical Radiation Products, LLC
- Medical suture thread9 Dec 2025US 12,490,976 B2Keisei Medical Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Barbed suture with removable sheath4 Nov 2025US 12,458,343 B2
- Suture management device and methods12 Aug 2025US 12,383,255 B2MVRx, Inc.
- Variable denier yarn and suture5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060675 A1Syntorr, Inc.
- Lifting thread, method for manufacturing lifting thread, and lifting thread insertion device12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041422 A1Neo Dr. Inc.
- Systems and methods for ligament graft preparation20 Nov 2025US 2025/0352325 A1Medos International Sarl
- Systems and methods for fixing soft tissue23 Oct 2025US 2025/0325259 A1Lmt, LLC
- Compliance-enhancing bands26 Jun 2025US 2025/0204915 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for cardiac valve repair1,620US 6,629,534 B1Evalve, Inc. · 2003
- Surgical suturing instrument and method of use1,523US 6,767,352 B2Onux Medical, Inc. · 2004
- Surgical suturing instrument and method of use1,446US 6,527,785 B2Onux Medical, Inc. · 2003
- Methods and apparatus for cardiac valve repair1,366US 7,608,091 B2Evalve, Inc. · 2009
- Apparatus and method for surgical suturing with thread management1,266US 6,923,819 B2SuturTek Incorporated · 2005