A61B 17/06 Needles ; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Needles; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
CPC: Needles ; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Surgical instruments, devices or methods > for closing wounds or holding wounds closed; Accessories for use therewith > for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials > Needles; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
Surgical instruments, devices or methods (A61B18/00 takes precedence; dental tools A61C3/00; eye surgery A61F9/007; ear surgery A61F11/20) > for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials > Needles ; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
CPC subdivides this area 10x more granularly than IPC with 9 additional codes.
9 codes are CPC-only extensions.
Note: 2 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.
IPC defines codes here since 1995.
Child Classifications
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Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class A61,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 18,523
- NOVARTIS CH 14,253
- COVIDIEN US 13,953
- ROCHE CH 12,005
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 11,955
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 11,692
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 11,596
- L'OREAL FR 11,593
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 11,297
- OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 9,594
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class A61,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 20,621
- NOVARTIS CH 15,792
- ROCHE CH 14,303
- COVIDIEN US 13,862
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 13,454
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 12,798
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 12,140
- L'OREAL FR 11,800
- OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 9,894
- BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED US 9,513