- 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 2/18 - Internal ear or nose parts, e.g. ear-drums
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/18
Total number of patents in this class: 722
10-year publication summary
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63
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61
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51
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45
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54
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48
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44
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39
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29
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13
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Cochlear Limited | 2008 |
122 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5510 |
45 |
| MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH | 619 |
37 |
| Heinz KURZ GmbH Medizintechnik | 32 |
23 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 72 |
20 |
| Lyra Therapeutics, Inc. | 54 |
20 |
| Spiral Therapeutics Inc. | 60 |
16 |
| Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary | 404 |
12 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | 6678 |
10 |
| Acclarent, Inc. | 548 |
10 |
| Earlens Corporation | 142 |
10 |
| The Regents of the University of Michigan | 5012 |
9 |
| ANYMEDI Inc. | 20 |
9 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | 5907 |
7 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | 6104 |
7 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1118 |
7 |
| Advanced Bionics AG | 638 |
7 |
| ST Portfolio Holdings, LLC | 259 |
7 |
| Grace Medical Group, Inc. | 12 |
6 |
| University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. | 4184 |
5 |
| Other owners | 333 |