A61L 17/04
Non-resorbable materials
A61L17/04 (Non-resorbable materials) appears on 171 US grants and 175 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 171
- Published applications
- 175
- Assignees
- 82
- Inventors
- 337
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
Filings by year
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2 | 8 |
| 2007 | 0 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 12 |
| 2009 | 2 | 8 |
| 2010 | 4 | 8 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 7 |
| 2013 | 4 | 7 |
| 2014 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 | 10 |
| 2016 | 10 | 4 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10 |
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| 2019 | 6 | 15 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8 |
| 2021 | 7 | 8 |
| 2022 | 5 | 9 |
| 2023 | 6 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Indirect attachment of a needle to a mesh suture24 Feb 2026US 12,558,089 B2Northwestern University
- Medical suture thread9 Dec 2025US 12,490,976 B2Keisei Medical Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Medical thread having polygonal cross-sectioned stopper on one end, and manufacturing method for same19 Aug 2025US 12,390,216 B2Samyang Holdings Corporation
- Method and apparatus for securing an object to bone, including the provision and use of a novel suture assembly for securing an object to bone22 Apr 2025US 12,279,762 B2Linvatec Corporation
- Indicator marking technology for textiles18 Mar 2025US 12,251,497 B2Atex Technologies, Inc.
- Indirect attachment of a needle to a mesh suture10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263065 A1Northwestern University
- Composite Filament for Surgical Suture9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192014 A1Cannuflow, Inc.
- Method for dyeing suture material21 May 2026US 2026/0137829 A1Corza Medical, Inc.
- Eptfe high strength sutures9 Apr 2026US 2026/0097154 A1Zeus Co., Ltd.
- Braided surgical implants12 Mar 2026US 2026/0069742 A1Embody, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Knotted cable attachment apparatus formed of braided polymeric fibers832US 5,628,756 ASmith & Nephew Richards Inc. · 1997
- Load bearing polymeric cable681US 5,456,722 ASmith & Nephew Richards Inc. · 1995
- Knotted cable attachment apparatus formed of braided polymeric fibers548US 5,540,703 ASmith & Nephew Richards Inc. · 1996
- High strength suture material447US 6,716,234 B2Arthrex, Inc. · 2004
- Composite bioabsorbable materials and surgical articles made therefrom414US 5,626,611 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1997