A61L 17/00

Materials for surgical sutures or for ligaturing blood vessels

Official title: Materials for surgical sutures or for ligaturing blood vessels (surgical adhesives A61L24/00; surgical instruments, devices or methods for suturing or ligaturing A61B17/04, A61B17/12; supports or packages for suture materials A61B17/04); {Materials for prostheses or catheters (bone cements or surgical adhesives for soft body tissues A61L24/00; shape or structure of prostheses A61F2/00; shape or structure of catheters A61M5/00)}

A61L17/00 (Materials for surgical sutures or for ligaturing blood vessels) appears on 1,323 US grants and 1,341 published applications in this corpus.

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