A61B 2017/1142
Purse-string sutures
Official title: {Purse-string sutures}
A61B2017/1142 (Purse-string sutures) appears on 170 US grants and 182 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 16 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Devices and methods for minimally invasive surgical procedures16 Jun 2026US 12,653,527 B2NICE Surgical Solutions Pte. Ltd.
- Endoscopic purse string suture surgical device2 Jun 2026US 12,642,528 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Surgical instrument with linear and purse string suture staples2 Sep 2025US 12,402,883 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Surgical staples comprising hardness variations for improved fastening of tissues24 Jun 2025US 12,336,713 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Soft anchor assembly with barbed flexible strand and techniques for use29 Apr 2025US 12,285,327 B2Arthrex, Inc.
- Endoscopic purse string suture surgical device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283618 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Clamp assembly23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207192 A1
- Soft anchor assembly with barbed flexible strand and techniques for use5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060797 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Surgical device, method of manufacturing, and method of using the surgical device22 Jan 2026US 2026/0020851 A1
- Surgical instrument with linear and purse string suture staples27 Nov 2025US 2025/0359870 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical device for stapling and/or fastening body tissues3,256US 5,389,098 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Endoscopic stapler2,635US 5,690,269 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1997
- Endoscopic surgical instrument and staples for applying purse string sutures2,477US 5,484,451 AEthicon, Inc. · 1996
- Endoscopic stapler2,418US 5,540,375 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1996
- Surgical instrument and staples for applying purse string sutures2,405US 5,242,457 AEthicon, Inc. · 1993