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.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 1,323
- Published applications
- 1,341
- Assignees
- 579
- Inventors
- 2,269
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 17 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
| 1990 | 20 | 0 |
| 1991 | 23 | 0 |
| 1992 | 21 | 0 |
| 1993 | 31 | 0 |
| 1994 | 32 | 0 |
| 1995 | 41 | 0 |
| 1996 | 34 | 0 |
| 1997 | 38 | 0 |
| 1998 | 35 | 0 |
| 1999 | 34 | 0 |
| 2000 | 33 | 0 |
| 2001 | 31 | 13 |
| 2002 | 23 | 32 |
| 2003 | 16 | 43 |
| 2004 | 19 | 50 |
| 2005 | 17 | 36 |
| 2006 | 25 | 49 |
| 2007 | 13 | 39 |
| 2008 | 11 | 69 |
| 2009 | 11 | 65 |
| 2010 | 21 | 58 |
| 2011 | 30 | 48 |
| 2012 | 35 | 68 |
| 2013 | 27 | 68 |
| 2014 | 52 | 57 |
| 2015 | 42 | 66 |
| 2016 | 50 | 45 |
| 2017 | 43 | 69 |
| 2018 | 43 | 47 |
| 2019 | 46 | 71 |
| 2020 | 52 | 76 |
| 2021 | 37 | 73 |
| 2022 | 43 | 49 |
| 2023 | 57 | 49 |
| 2024 | 42 | 49 |
| 2025 | 33 | 32 |
| 2026 | 17 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for manufacturing hemostatic medical material15 Sep 2026US 12,734,267 B2
- Additive manufactured articles having passivated surfaces and related methods28 Jul 2026US 12,691,204 B2Entegris, Inc.
- Sutures with expanded antibacterial properties7 Jul 2026US 12,672,868 B2Ethicon, Inc.
- Methods and procedures for ligament repair7 Jul 2026US 12,672,952 B2Children's Medical Center Corporation
- Methods and procedures for ligament repair23 Jun 2026US 12,661,217 B2Children's Medical Center Corporation
- Antimicrobial compositions and sutures coated therewith1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295111 A1Covidien LP
- Mid-infrared laser-activated tissue sealing using biomaterials17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272434 A1Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
- Collagen peptide-based medicament compositions and devices and methods of production and use thereof17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273015 A1Sustain Holdings, LLC
- Drug delivery system and methods of using the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273129 A1Axogen Corporation
- Indirect attachment of a needle to a mesh suture10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263065 A1Northwestern University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Elastomeric medical device1,893US 5,468,253 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Medical suturing material1,737US 5,843,096 A1998
- Coherent surgical staple array1,715US 4,275,813 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1981
- Tissue thickness compensator comprising a plurality of medicaments1,690US 9,211,120 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Medical devices and applications of polyhydroxyalkanoate polymers1,636US 6,838,493 B2Metabolix, Inc. · 2005