A61L 17/14
Post-treatment to improve physical properties
A61L17/14 (Post-treatment to improve physical properties) appears on 431 US grants and 481 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 431
- Published applications
- 481
- Assignees
- 217
- Inventors
- 834
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 5 | 13 |
| 2003 | 5 | 24 |
| 2004 | 10 | 18 |
| 2005 | 7 | 12 |
| 2006 | 11 | 25 |
| 2007 | 5 | 15 |
| 2008 | 5 | 22 |
| 2009 | 2 | 28 |
| 2010 | 8 | 26 |
| 2011 | 13 | 25 |
| 2012 | 14 | 25 |
| 2013 | 10 | 17 |
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| 2015 | 17 | 21 |
| 2016 | 18 | 12 |
| 2017 | 13 | 16 |
| 2018 | 14 | 14 |
| 2019 | 6 | 23 |
| 2020 | 18 | 24 |
| 2021 | 11 | 20 |
| 2022 | 15 | 14 |
| 2023 | 16 | 18 |
| 2024 | 13 | 19 |
| 2025 | 8 | 16 |
| 2026 | 7 | 8 |
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
- Sutures with expanded antibacterial properties7 Jul 2026US 12,672,868 B2Ethicon, Inc.
- Absorbable suture containing polydeoxyribonucleotide14 Apr 2026US 12,599,695 B2Curepharmtech Co., Ltd.
- Indirect attachment of a needle to a mesh suture24 Feb 2026US 12,558,089 B2Northwestern University
- Fibers of polymers that have a backbone including a positively charged component of a zwitterionic moiety, and their use in implantable therapeutic delivery systems24 Feb 2026US 12,559,867 B2Cornell University
- Indirect attachment of a needle to a mesh suture10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263065 A1Northwestern University
- Dynamic suture filaments10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263653 A1RLFA Biomedical Innovations Ltd
- Bioelectronic surgical suture for monitoring suture tension2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182985 A1Zhejiang University
- Method for dyeing suture material21 May 2026US 2026/0137829 A1Corza Medical, Inc.
- Eptfe high strength sutures9 Apr 2026US 2026/0097154 A1Zeus Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sutures and surgical staples for anastamoses, wound closures, and surgical closures1,385US 8,016,881 B2ICON Interventional Systems, Inc. · 2011
- Implantable fibers and medical articles1,319US 6,162,537 ASolutia Inc. · 2000
- Self-sealing compositions1,185US 9,463,260 B2Covidien LP · 2016
- Antimicrobial polymer compositions and the use thereof880US 8,840,876 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2014
- Stiffened surgical device534US 5,383,904 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1995