A61B 2017/0619
Thermoplastic
Official title: {thermoplastic, e.g. for bonding, welding, fusing or cutting the suture by melting it}
A61B2017/0619 (Thermoplastic) appears on 179 US grants and 230 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 179
- Published applications
- 230
- Assignees
- 89
- Inventors
- 301
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 3 |
| 2002 | 9 | 8 |
| 2003 | 6 | 8 |
| 2004 | 2 | 11 |
| 2005 | 2 | 10 |
| 2006 | 7 | 16 |
| 2007 | 2 | 9 |
| 2008 | 2 | 20 |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 6 | 5 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 |
| 2012 | 9 | 16 |
| 2013 | 7 | 8 |
| 2014 | 9 | 10 |
| 2015 | 7 | 5 |
| 2016 | 6 | 12 |
| 2017 | 8 | 6 |
| 2018 | 5 | 7 |
| 2019 | 10 | 12 |
| 2020 | 6 | 12 |
| 2021 | 6 | 8 |
| 2022 | 6 | 9 |
| 2023 | 11 | 5 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8 |
| 2025 | 4 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Electrically weldable suture material, and apparatus and method for forming welded suture loops and other welded structures8 Sep 2026US 12,727,880 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Magnetic anastomosis devices with varying magnetic force at a distance16 Jun 2026US 12,653,535 B2G. I. Windows, Inc.
- Process of changing cross sectional shape within a textile10 Feb 2026US 12,544,972 B2Atex Technologies, Inc.
- Electrically weldable suture material, and apparatus and method for forming welded suture loops and other welded structures3 Feb 2026US 12,539,114 B2Egan Design LLC
- Suture with a plurality of color marks6 Jan 2026US 12,514,677 B2Medacta International SA
- Tape and Suture Construct Assembly17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272442 A1Conmed Corporation
- Method of manufacturing treatment apparatus for lifting skin and treatment apparatus for lifting skin manufactured using same12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041540 A1Meta Pharm Co., Ltd.
- Systems, devices, and methods for forming anastomoses25 Dec 2025US 2025/0387122 A1G. I. Windows, Inc.
- Tissue closure device11 Sep 2025US 2025/0281168 A1Arterica Inc.
- Electrically weldable suture material, and apparatus and method for forming welded suture loops and other welded structures10 Jul 2025US 2025/0221701 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method, apparatus, and kit for thermal suture cutting1,449US 7,699,856 B22010
- Endoscopic suturing device and related method and suture973US 5,037,433 A1991
- Instrumentation for minimally invasive joint replacement and methods for using same831US 6,702,821 B2Bonutti 2003 Trust-A · 2004
- Suture fusing and cutting apparatus775US 4,662,068 A1987
- Method of securing body tissue659US 6,635,073 B22003