- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61F - Filters implantable into blood vesselsprosthesesdevices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stentsorthopaedic, nursing or contraceptive devicesfomentationtreatment or protection of eyes or earsbandages, dressings or absorbent padsfirst-aid kits
- A61F 2/00 - Filters implantable into blood vesselsProstheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the bodyAppliances for connecting them with the bodyDevices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/00
Total number of patents in this class: 7410
10-year publication summary
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561
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534
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528
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511
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472
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406
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361
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315
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315
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96
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10896 |
457 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4800 |
203 |
| Sofradim Production | 288 |
146 |
| Covidien LP | 10655 |
136 |
| Coloplast A/S | 1912 |
117 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1134 |
94 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2785 |
90 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 2868 |
79 |
| Rotation Medical, Inc. | 125 |
78 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1773 |
75 |
| Tepha, Inc. | 225 |
64 |
| Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1392 |
56 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2659 |
56 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1468 |
53 |
| Davol, Inc. | 120 |
52 |
| LifeCell Corporation | 336 |
50 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3187 |
47 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2694 |
47 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9781 |
44 |
| AMS Research Corporation | 148 |
44 |
| Other owners | 5422 |