A61F 2013/00451
For surgical sutures
Official title: {for surgical sutures, e.g. butterfly type}
A61F2013/00451 (For surgical sutures) appears on 48 US grants and 58 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 48
- Published applications
- 58
- Assignees
- 32
- Inventors
- 86
- Latest grant
- 2 Sep 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods and devices for skin closure2 Sep 2025US 12,403,043 B2Ethicon, Inc.
- Microneedle adhesive patch based on hydrogel formulation18 Feb 2025US 12,226,535 B2Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
- Band for surgical wound suture18 Jun 2024US 12,011,170 B2
- Skin closure systems and devices of improved flexibility and stretchability for bendable joints30 Jan 2024US 11,883,264 B2Ethicon, Inc.
- Methods and devices for skin closure20 Jun 2023US 11,679,034 B2Ethicon, Inc.
- Articles and methods for improved tissue healing12 Jun 2025US 2025/0186652 A1University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Method of Preventing Wound Infection15 May 2025US 2025/0152426 A1
- Overlay adhesive device for repairing and maximally reinforcing lacerations17 Oct 2024US 2024/0342008 A1
- Dressing, a kit comprising a dressing and a method of preparing a dressing11 Jan 2024US 2024/0009341 A1Chemence Medical, Inc.
- Band for surgical wound suture2 Nov 2023US 2023/0346377 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wound closure means and method using flowable adhesive1,532US 5,259,835 ATri-Point Medical L.P. · 1993
- Method and device for wound closure1,392US 5,149,331 A1992
- Self-sealing compositions1,185US 9,463,260 B2Covidien LP · 2016
- Wound closing device524US 5,047,047 A1991
- System and method for motion-controlled foot unit169US 7,431,737 B2Ossur Hf · 2008