A61B 5/6883
Sutures
Official title: {Sutures}
A61B5/6883 (Sutures) appears on 23 US grants and 43 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 23
- Published applications
- 43
- Assignees
- 24
- Inventors
- 102
- Latest grant
- 13 Jan 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Measuring cardiovascular pressure based on patient state13 Jan 2026US 12,521,026 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Thin-film high-density sensing array, sub-scalp implantation tool and implant method2 Dec 2025US 12,484,829 B2Verily Life Sciences LLC
- Sutures with coatings for detecting and reporting tissue infection25 Nov 2025US 12,478,329 B2Ethicon, Inc.
- Wireless measurement of suture tension23 Sep 2025US 12,419,581 B2University of Oregon
- Atrial stretch measurement for atrial fibrillation prevention22 Jul 2025US 12,364,398 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Measuring cardiovascular pressure based on patient state21 May 2026US 2026/0137288 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- Linear flexible electrode for peripheral nerve and manufacturing method thereof8 Jan 2026US 2026/0007347 A1Center for Excellence In Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Wireless measurement of suture tension25 Dec 2025US 2025/0387084 A1University of Oregon
- Atrial stretch measurement for atrial fibrillation prevention25 Sep 2025US 2025/0295315 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Wireless measurement of suture tension19 Jun 2025US 2025/0195004 A1University of Oregon
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for enhancing cardiac pacing178US 7,200,439 B2Proteus Biomedical, Inc. · 2007
- Miniature resonating marker assembly133US 7,135,978 B2Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc. · 2006
- Methods and apparatus for enhancing cardiac pacing130US 7,738,958 B2Proteus Biomedical, Inc. · 2010
- Passive and wireless displacement measuring device128US 6,656,135 B2Southwest Research Institute · 2003
- IMD stability monitor75US 9,101,281 B2Medtronic, Inc. · 2015