PERCLOSE INC has a total of 35 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1992. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and Australia. Its main competitors in its focus markets medical technology and machines are SURGICAL CONNECTIONS INC, APPRIVA MEDICAL INC and MEDICREA TECHNOLOGIES.
# | Country | Total Patents | |
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#1 | United States | 17 | |
#2 | WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) | 9 | |
#3 | Australia | 7 | |
#4 | EPO (European Patent Office) | 2 |
# | Industry | |
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#1 | Medical technology | |
#2 | Machines |
# | Technology | |
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#1 | Diagnosis and surgery | |
#2 | Implantable devices | |
#3 | Unspecified technologies | |
#4 | Object sterilising |
# | Name | Total Patents |
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#1 | Andreas Bernard H | 19 |
#2 | Klein Enrique J | 10 |
#3 | Vetter James W | 10 |
#4 | Wood Timothy J | 8 |
#5 | Hinohara Tomoaki | 6 |
#6 | Isbell Lewis | 6 |
#7 | Gross T Daniel | 6 |
#8 | Lichtenstein Sam | 3 |
#9 | Jackson Jasper | 3 |
#10 | Zung Michael | 3 |
Publication | Filing date | Title |
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US2002111638A1 | Device and method for deploying and organizing sutures for anastomotic and other attachments | |
US6171317B1 | Knot tying device and method | |
US6190396B1 | Device and method for deploying and organizing sutures for anastomotic and other attachments | |
US6136010A | Articulating suturing device and method | |
US6036699A | Device and method for suturing tissue | |
US5902311A | Low profile intraluminal suturing device and method | |
WO9532669A1 | Apparatus and method for advancing surgical knots | |
WO9532671A1 | Method and device for providing vascular hemostasis | |
US5527322A | Device and method for suturing of internal puncture sites | |
US5417699A | Device and method for the percutaneous suturing of a vascular puncture site |