A61B 2017/06185
Hollow or tubular
Official title: {hollow or tubular}
A61B2017/06185 (Hollow or tubular) appears on 431 US grants and 545 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 431
- Published applications
- 545
- Assignees
- 90
- Inventors
- 412
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 8 |
| 2006 | 0 | 14 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 4 | 10 |
| 2010 | 7 | 8 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13 |
| 2012 | 13 | 31 |
| 2013 | 10 | 26 |
| 2014 | 20 | 35 |
| 2015 | 18 | 27 |
| 2016 | 35 | 32 |
| 2017 | 31 | 43 |
| 2018 | 34 | 45 |
| 2019 | 37 | 38 |
| 2020 | 38 | 29 |
| 2021 | 25 | 32 |
| 2022 | 37 | 27 |
| 2023 | 27 | 35 |
| 2024 | 16 | 28 |
| 2025 | 43 | 22 |
| 2026 | 16 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Variable density soft anchors and methods of tissue repairs6 Oct 2026US 12,751,711 B2Arthrex, Inc.
- Knotless all suture tissue repair22 Sep 2026US 12,740,778 B2ArthroCare Corporation
- Knotless all suture tissue repair22 Sep 2026US 12,740,779 B2ArthroCare Corporation
- Suture device15 Sep 2026US 12,733,924 B2Arthrex, Inc.
- Surgical fixation devices and methods of use thereof25 Aug 2026US 12,714,413 B2Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Self-Cinching Suture Construct Apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306095 A1INS Ortho, Inc.
- Indirect attachment of a needle to a mesh suture10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263065 A1Northwestern University
- Soft Anchor Constructs And Methods Of Tissue Repairs27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248605 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Knotless Constructs and Methods of Tissue Repair13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232308 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for forming a self-locking adjustable loop23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207188 A1Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Active suture for the delivery of therapeutic fluids1,035US 7,875,055 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2011
- Single-tailed suturing method and apparatus505US 6,296,659 B1Opus Medical, Inc. · 2001
- Graft suspension device480US 6,517,578 B2Atlantech Medical Devices Limited · 2003
- Adjustable knotless loops437US 7,959,650 B2Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC · 2011
- Suturing apparatus and method of suturing432US 6,500,184 B12002