A61B 2017/081
Tissue approximator
Official title: {Tissue approximator (A61B2017/1103, A61B17/8866 take precedence)}
A61B2017/081 (Tissue approximator) appears on 556 US grants and 732 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 556
- Published applications
- 732
- Assignees
- 215
- Inventors
- 990
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 8 |
| 2003 | 5 | 21 |
| 2004 | 4 | 26 |
| 2005 | 6 | 35 |
| 2006 | 13 | 25 |
| 2007 | 7 | 24 |
| 2008 | 11 | 21 |
| 2009 | 7 | 20 |
| 2010 | 17 | 30 |
| 2011 | 24 | 38 |
| 2012 | 25 | 28 |
| 2013 | 22 | 22 |
| 2014 | 19 | 32 |
| 2015 | 19 | 29 |
| 2016 | 36 | 45 |
| 2017 | 24 | 34 |
| 2018 | 26 | 31 |
| 2019 | 36 | 39 |
| 2020 | 25 | 46 |
| 2021 | 40 | 43 |
| 2022 | 34 | 28 |
| 2023 | 32 | 24 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 |
| 2025 | 28 | 37 |
| 2026 | 15 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and device for tissue defect closure8 Sep 2026US 12,727,885 B2Davol Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for treating the left atrial appendage11 Aug 2026US 12,702,394 B2Laminar, Inc.
- Closing device for tissue openings28 Jul 2026US 12,690,868 B2Muffin Incorporated
- Medical apparatus and method for closing an aperture in a tissue23 Jun 2026US 12,661,098 B2Venock Medical GmbH
- Assistive device for scalp suturing16 Jun 2026US 12,653,521 B2Seoul National University Hospital
- Reverse anastomosis closure clip2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182988 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Tissue closure method, clip device, and operation method of clip device28 May 2026US 2026/0144549 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Apparatus for treating gerd7 May 2026US 2026/0124054 A1
- Devices for deploying tissue fasteners9 Apr 2026US 2026/0096817 A1Opus KSD Inc.
- Structured, supported wound closure2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090805 A1DermaClip US, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical stapling instrument2,273US 5,732,872 AHeartport, Inc. · 1998
- Surgical stapling instrument and method thereof1,949US 6,588,643 B2Hearport, Inc. · 2003
- Multifunctional clip applier instrument1,908US 5,542,949 A1996
- Empty clip cartridge lockout1,864US 9,282,974 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Drug releasing anastomosis devices and methods for treating anastomotic sites1,779US 7,108,701 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2006