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PERCLOSE INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    35
About

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.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing PERCLOSE INCs patent filings in countries

Patent filings per year

Chart showing PERCLOSE INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Focus industries

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#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

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
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