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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2004 - 2008 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant
With Patent Counts Based on Primary Patent Classification

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification In

Class 606, Surgery (instruments)

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent )

The following table displays first-named assignees and counts of their associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant.
First-Named Assignee 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 188 149 145 145 82 709
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 0 31 31 45 38 145
SCI-MED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC. 57 39 33 15 1 145
MEDTRONIC INC. 20 26 16 26 13 101
SDGI HOLDINGS, INC. 21 6 38 15 1 81
ETHICON, INC. 21 14 20 13 8 76
SHERWOOD SERVICES AG 6 8 18 27 7 66
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. 8 6 17 18 12 61
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 9 10 21 10 11 61
ARTHROCARE CORPORATION 8 11 10 14 16 59
ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. 14 16 7 9 5 51
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC. 0 0 4 19 27 50
CARDICA, INC. 5 8 13 10 10 46
SYNTHES (U.S.A.) 10 7 8 9 9 43
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. 6 8 10 2 6 32
NIDEK CO., LTD. 8 5 10 6 2 31
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC 1 3 7 7 11 29
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP. 10 3 9 1 3 26
DEPUY PRODUCTS, INC. 0 3 7 8 7 25
HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP. 6 2 3 6 8 25
KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG 4 7 5 6 3 25
TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP 1 3 2 11 8 25
CORDIS NEUROVASCULAR, INC. 6 2 5 6 5 24
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. 2 3 6 9 4 24
ARTHREX INC. 1 4 7 6 5 23
CRYOCATH TECHNOLOGIES INC. 7 4 3 3 6 23
CURON MEDICAL, INC. 9 4 5 2 3 23
GYRUS MEDICAL LIMITED 4 6 5 6 2 23
DEPUY ACROMED, INC. 6 4 5 3 4 22
EV3, INC. 3 4 3 4 8 22
GENERAL SURGICAL INNOVATIONS, INC. 7 5 3 6 1 22
KYPHON INC. 5 4 6 5 2 22
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION, INC. 0 0 5 6 10 21
ZIMMER TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 4 6 6 3 21
ABBOTT LABORATORIES 3 2 7 2 6 20
VISX, INCORPORATED 6 4 8 1 1 20
AESCULAP AG & CO. KG 8 2 2 4 3 19
C. R. BARD, INC. 4 5 1 4 5 19
DEPUY SPINE, INC. 3 1 4 9 1 18
CRYOCOR, INC. 3 4 5 4 1 17
SURGRX, INC. 1 3 7 4 2 17
CORDIS CORPORATION 2 6 3 3 2 16
LINVATEC CORPORATION 5 1 2 5 3 16
ORIGIN MEDSYSTEMS, INC. 6 3 2 3 2 16
DEPUY MITEK, INC. 5 2 0 2 6 15
PENTAX CORPORATION 4 3 2 3 3 15
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION 5 3 3 3 1 15
BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC. 2 2 1 4 5 14
ENDIUS INCORPORATED 3 2 7 1 1 14
REX MEDICAL, LP 4 2 2 3 3 14
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 5 4 1 2 2 14
ANGIODYNAMICS, INC. 0 2 2 3 6 13
BIEDERMANN MOTECH GMBH 4 1 1 6 1 13
DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 7 4 1 1 0 13
EP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 5 1 2 13
PALOMAR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 4 4 1 13
RUBICOR MEDICAL, INC. 4 5 2 1 1 13
SATIETY, INC. 2 0 5 6 0 13
WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 6 3 1 13
AFX, INC. 3 3 3 3 0 12
AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION 3 2 1 3 3 12
ATRICURE, INC. 0 6 1 3 2 12
PELIKAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 7 2 12
ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS, INC. 4 2 3 1 1 11
ALCON, INC. 5 1 2 2 1 11
APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION 3 2 3 1 2 11
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 6 3 1 1 0 11
ENDOCARE, INC. 2 3 0 4 2 11
PRECIMED S.A. 2 3 5 0 1 11
ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 2 2 2 0 11
ST. JUDE MEDICAL ATG INC. 5 2 2 1 1 11
SYMMETRY MEDICAL, INC. 0 4 2 3 2 11
BIOMET MANUFACTURING CORP. 0 0 0 6 4 10
EBI, L.P. 1 0 1 2 6 10
KENSEY NASH CORPORATION 2 5 0 2 1 10
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 5 0 2 2 1 10
RADI MEDICAL SYSTEMS AB 3 3 1 1 2 10
STRYKER CORPORATION 3 1 0 3 3 10
STRYKER SPINE S.A. 4 3 1 0 2 10
STRYKER TRAUMA GMBH 0 1 4 4 1 10
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (TERUMO CORPORATION) 1 1 4 2 2 10
VASCULAR CONTROL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 4 3 10
BONUTTI IP, LLC 0 5 4 0 0 9
GALIL MEDICAL LTD. 1 2 1 0 5 9
MICRUS CORPORATION 3 3 3 0 0 9
NOVARE SURGICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 6 2 0 0 1 9
ORATEC INTERVENTIONS, INC. 7 1 0 1 0 9
RICHARD WOLF GMBH 5 1 0 2 1 9
RITA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 3 1 0 9
SALVIAC LIMITED 2 3 4 0 0 9
STARION INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 2 1 3 0 3 9
TRIAGE MEDICAL, INC. 1 5 2 1 0 9
BAUSCH & LOMB, INC. 0 3 1 2 2 8
ENDOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 3 2 1 8
HEARTPORT, INC. 3 2 3 0 0 8
MEDICAL CV, INC. 0 0 1 6 1 8
MICROVENTION, INC. 2 0 4 1 1 8
MINU, L.L.C. 1 4 3 0 0 8
NMT MEDICAL, INC. 0 2 0 2 4 8
NUVASIVE, INC. 1 4 1 1 1 8
PILLING WECK INCORPORATED 3 1 2 2 0 8
POWER MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS, INC. 3 4 1 0 0 8
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC. 0 1 0 7 0 8
SENORX, INC. 2 1 0 3 2 8
SPINECORE, INC 0 3 2 2 1 8
STEREOTAXIS, INC. 4 1 2 1 0 8
SUB Q INC. 0 2 4 1 1 8
ZIMMER SPINE, INC. 0 1 2 4 1 8
ALCON REFRACTIVEHORIZONS, INC. 1 2 2 2 0 7
ATRIONIX, INC. 2 3 1 1 0 7
BAYLIS MEDICAL COMPANY, INC. 0 1 2 4 0 7
BENOIST GIRARD SAS 3 2 0 0 2 7
BIOMET, INC. 4 0 3 0 0 7
CARDIA, INC. 0 3 3 1 0 7
CODMAN + SHURTLEFF, INC. 2 4 1 0 0 7
CONCENTRIC MEDICAL, INC. 3 3 0 1 0 7
CONVERGE MEDICAL, INC. 2 4 1 0 0 7
CRYOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. 3 2 2 0 0 7
ERBE ELEKTROMEDIZIN GMBH 0 0 1 3 3 7
GORE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC. 0 2 4 0 1 7
INNERCOOL THERAPIES, INC. 1 2 1 2 1 7
INTEGRATED VASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. 4 1 2 0 0 7
INTRALASE CORPORATION 1 3 2 1 0 7
KCI LICENSING, INC. 0 0 1 1 5 7
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 4 2 1 0 0 7
MEDICINELODGE, INC. 0 2 2 3 0 7
MEGADYNE MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. 2 1 1 2 1 7
OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH 4 1 0 2 0 7
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 2 1 0 1 3 7
THERMAGE, INC. 0 0 3 3 1 7
TRANS1 INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE REGENTS OF 4 0 0 0 3 7
VNUS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 2 0 1 7
WILSON-COOK MEDICAL, INC. 0 1 4 2 0 7
20/10 PERFECT VISION OPTISCHE GERAETE GMBH 1 2 1 1 1 6
ACUMED, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
BIOLASE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
BIOSENSE, INC. 1 0 3 2 0 6
CARDIOFOCUS, INC. 1 3 0 1 1 6
CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG 0 0 3 1 2 6
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION 2 1 0 0 3 6
CONMED CORPORATION 1 3 1 1 0 6
DVL ACQUISITION SUB, INC. 0 0 6 0 0 6
EPICOR MEDICAL, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION 0 2 3 0 1 6
GYRUS GROUP PLC 1 1 1 2 1 6
INCEPT LLC 2 1 0 2 1 6
MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
MICROLINE PENTAX INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
NEOMEND, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
NIPRO CORPORATION 0 0 4 0 2 6
ONUX MEDICAL, INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
ORTHOFIX S.R.L. 2 2 1 1 0 6
PIONEER LABORATORIES, INC. 1 1 2 2 0 6
POSSIS MEDICAL, INC. 0 3 1 2 0 6
SHOWA IKA KOHGYO CO., LTD. 3 3 0 0 0 6
SPINAL CONCEPTS, INC. 2 3 0 1 0 6
SYNERGETICS, INC. 1 1 1 1 2 6
USGI MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
VIVANT MEDICAL, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
A-SPINE HOLDING GROUP CORP. 2 1 1 0 1 5
ATRITECH, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
BIOPLATE, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
BY-PASS, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
CARDIMA, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
CERAM OPTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 0 2 1 2 0 5
COMPUTER MOTION, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
COVIDIEN AG 0 0 0 0 5 5
ELECTROSURGERY ASSOCIATES, LLC 1 3 0 1 0 5
ENSURE MEDICAL, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
EVALVE, INC. 2 0 1 2 0 5
HANSEN MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
HS WEST INVESTMENTS, LLC, 1 1 1 1 1 5
IMAGE-GUIDED NEUROLOGICS, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
INTEGRATED VASCULAR INTERVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.C. (IVIT, LC) 3 0 0 2 0 5
LSI SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
MARCTEC, LLC 0 0 3 0 2 5
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 1 2 0 0 2 5
OWEN MUMFORD LIMITED 1 1 3 0 0 5
SCION CARDIO-VASCULAR, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
SOFRADIM PRODUCTION 2 0 1 1 1 5
STAT MEDICAL DEVICES INC. 2 0 1 2 0 5
SYNERON MEDICAL LTD. 1 1 1 2 0 5
VIACOR, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5


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