A61B 2017/1107
For blood vessels
Official title: {for blood vessels}
A61B2017/1107 (For blood vessels) appears on 1,374 US grants and 1,700 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,374
- Published applications
- 1,700
- Assignees
- 514
- Inventors
- 2,032
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 28 | 0 |
| 1999 | 36 | 0 |
| 2000 | 43 | 0 |
| 2001 | 37 | 32 |
| 2002 | 52 | 71 |
| 2003 | 46 | 91 |
| 2004 | 52 | 111 |
| 2005 | 41 | 95 |
| 2006 | 49 | 68 |
| 2007 | 36 | 55 |
| 2008 | 24 | 55 |
| 2009 | 22 | 34 |
| 2010 | 41 | 80 |
| 2011 | 48 | 60 |
| 2012 | 49 | 54 |
| 2013 | 47 | 51 |
| 2014 | 47 | 74 |
| 2015 | 41 | 73 |
| 2016 | 57 | 61 |
| 2017 | 54 | 61 |
| 2018 | 49 | 51 |
| 2019 | 55 | 63 |
| 2020 | 50 | 62 |
| 2021 | 55 | 70 |
| 2022 | 41 | 83 |
| 2023 | 52 | 67 |
| 2024 | 51 | 59 |
| 2025 | 68 | 80 |
| 2026 | 38 | 39 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Wound closure and tissue coupling systems and methods15 Sep 2026US 12,733,919 B2Vasorum Ltd.
- Anastomosis device, systems, and methods8 Sep 2026US 12,727,887 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Assembly for aortic end-to-side anastamosis1 Sep 2026US 12,721,717 B2ConneX Biomedical, Inc.
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods1 Sep 2026US 12,721,758 B2Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Wound closure and tissue coupling systems and methods18 Aug 2026US 12,708,355 B2Vasorum Ltd.
- An apparatus for anastomosing a cut vessel8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306100 A1Vanderbilt University
- End to end anastomotic connector24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283617 A1Phraxis, Inc.
- Systems and methods for a manually-actuated fastener delivery device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263073 A1Dignity Health
- Percutaneous access graft system and method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248507 A1
- Catheter for forming a fistula27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248555 A1Clearstream Technologies Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Devices and methods for performing a vascular anastomosis2,683US 5,695,504 AHeartport, Inc. · 1997
- Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures2,567US 5,855,583 AComputer Motion, Inc. · 1999
- Surgical stapling instrument2,273US 5,732,872 AHeartport, Inc. · 1998
- Expandable anastomotic device2,145US 6,503,259 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2003
- Side-to-end vascular anastomotic staple apparatus2,123US 5,234,447 A1993