B21G 1/006
Special treatments of pins or needles
Official title: {Special treatments of pins or needles, e.g. annealing, straightening}
B21G1/006 (Special treatments of pins or needles) appears on 20 US grants and 24 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B21G- Granted patents
- 20
- Published applications
- 24
- Assignees
- 9
- Inventors
- 35
- Latest grant
- 18 Jun 2024
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| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method of making a sensor device18 Jun 2024US 12,011,265 B2DexCom, Inc.
- Methods of making suture needles with localized regions for bending11 Jul 2023US 11,696,754 B2Ethicon, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for batch spray coating of surgical needles30 Aug 2022US 11,426,759 B2Ethicon, Inc.
- Method of improving ductility of needle for root canal treatment devices and method of manufacturing needle for root canal treatment devices including method of improving ductility of needle for root canal treatment devices21 Dec 2021US 11,202,688 B2B&L Biotech, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for batch spray coating of surgical needles17 Mar 2020US 10,589,313 B2Ethicon, Inc.
- Needle and a method of treating a surface of a needle12 Mar 2026US 2026/0069772 A1Unomedical A/S
- Sensors for continuous analyte monitoring, and related methods12 Sep 2024US 2024/0298940 A1DexCom, Inc.
- Method of improving ductility of needle for root canal treatment devices and method of manufacturing needle for root canal treatment devices including method of improving ductility of needle for root canal treatment devices24 Sep 2020US 2020/0297456 A1B&L Biotech, Inc.
- Methods of making suture needles with localized regions for bending27 Aug 2020US 2020/0268379 A1Ethicon, Inc.
- Apparatus and Method for Batch Spray Coating of Surgical Needles4 Jun 2020US 2020/0171532 A1Ethicon, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for swaging needles23US 7,814,630 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2010
- Sensors for continuous analyte monitoring, and related methods13US 9,844,328 B2DexCom, Inc. · 2017
- Surgical needle coatings and methods5US 9,266,145 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2016
- Process for treating metal alloy surgical needles to improve bending stiffness4US 7,937,981 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2011
- Thermal forming of refractory alloy surgical needles and fixture and apparatus4US 8,062,437 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2011