A61B 2017/306
Holding by means of suction
Official title: {holding by means of suction}
A61B2017/306 (Holding by means of suction) appears on 2,027 US grants and 2,463 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,027
- Published applications
- 2,463
- Assignees
- 681
- Inventors
- 3,123
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 45 | 14 |
| 2002 | 54 | 86 |
| 2003 | 51 | 65 |
| 2004 | 43 | 114 |
| 2005 | 39 | 92 |
| 2006 | 44 | 104 |
| 2007 | 44 | 131 |
| 2008 | 30 | 115 |
| 2009 | 45 | 93 |
| 2010 | 75 | 131 |
| 2011 | 74 | 80 |
| 2012 | 79 | 107 |
| 2013 | 82 | 102 |
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| 2015 | 88 | 87 |
| 2016 | 71 | 99 |
| 2017 | 82 | 95 |
| 2018 | 65 | 98 |
| 2019 | 84 | 125 |
| 2020 | 102 | 102 |
| 2021 | 92 | 111 |
| 2022 | 84 | 89 |
| 2023 | 92 | 91 |
| 2024 | 80 | 94 |
| 2025 | 68 | 90 |
| 2026 | 38 | 43 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Endocardial left atrial appendage management11 Aug 2026US 12,702,419 B2Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Left atrial appendage manipulation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294418 A1Append Medical Ltd.
- Method and apparatus for tissue grafting17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272500 A1The General Hospital Corporation
- Ophthalmological Patient Interface17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272715 A1Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems AG
- Endoscope with integrated tissue acquisition capability27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248367 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for passing suture through tissue13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232311 A1Stryker Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for endoscopic suturing2,229US 6,997,931 B2LSI Solutions, Inc. · 2006
- Devices and methods for treating e.g. urinary stress incontinence2,153US 6,517,566 B1Surgical Connections, Inc. · 2003
- Wound treatment employing reduced pressure2,003US 5,636,643 AWake Forest University · 1997
- Single fold device for tissue fixation1,944US 7,914,543 B2Satiety, Inc. · 2011
- Laparoscopic dissection tension retractor device and method1,937US 5,474,057 AValleylab, Inc. · 1995