A61B 2017/0618
Elastic
Official title: {elastic, e.g. stretchable}
A61B2017/0618 (Elastic) appears on 126 US grants and 174 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 126
- Published applications
- 174
- Assignees
- 78
- Inventors
- 283
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 8 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 7 |
| 2013 | 1 | 5 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10 |
| 2015 | 2 | 8 |
| 2016 | 6 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 13 |
| 2018 | 6 | 10 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8 |
| 2021 | 9 | 15 |
| 2022 | 9 | 13 |
| 2023 | 6 | 10 |
| 2024 | 10 | 14 |
| 2025 | 12 | 11 |
| 2026 | 5 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Knotless all suture tissue repair22 Sep 2026US 12,740,778 B2ArthroCare Corporation
- Knotless all suture tissue repair22 Sep 2026US 12,740,779 B2ArthroCare Corporation
- Surgical constructs for tissue fixation and methods of tissue repairs11 Aug 2026US 12,702,401 B2Arthrex, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for coupling soft tissue to a bone17 Feb 2026US 12,551,209 B2Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
- Prosthetic implant, delivery system and delivery apparatus17 Feb 2026US 12,551,337 B2Apparent LLC
- Porous suture and method of use16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198914 A1Deep Blue Medical Advances, Inc.
- Knotless Sutures Including Integrated Closures2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182983 A1Stitchlock, Inc.
- Tensionable Knotless Anchors and Methods of Tissue Repair25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174423 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Suture Anchors and Methods of Tissue Repairs25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174425 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Tensionable Anchors and Methods of Tissue Repair11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157746 A1Arthrex, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Elastomeric medical device1,893US 5,468,253 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Meniscal repair device having integral spring member1,631US 6,152,935 AEthicon, Inc. · 2000
- Elastomeric medical device1,455US 5,713,920 AEthicon, Inc. · 1998
- Expandable body suture486US 5,645,568 AMedicineLodge, Inc. · 1997
- Prosthetic spinal disc nucleus having selectively coupled bodies442US 6,110,210 ARaymedica, Inc. · 2000