- 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 2/24 - Heart valves
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/24
Total number of patents in this class: 13630
10-year publication summary
|
736
|
872
|
1005
|
1116
|
1092
|
1112
|
1146
|
1143
|
1127
|
1049
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4749 |
3279 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9847 |
666 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10481 |
556 |
| St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | 1563 |
519 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1493 |
344 |
| Cardiovalve Ltd. | 186 |
177 |
| Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC | 175 |
151 |
| Tendyne Holdings, Inc. | 155 |
148 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2723 |
140 |
| Venus Medtech (hangzhou), Inc. | 221 |
135 |
| Evalve, Inc. | 208 |
120 |
| Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc. | 125 |
117 |
| Twelve, Inc. | 129 |
110 |
| Medtentia International Ltd. Oy | 115 |
109 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd. | 144 |
109 |
| Valtech Cardio, Ltd. | 121 |
107 |
| Jenavalve Technology, Inc. | 117 |
91 |
| St. Jude Medical LLC | 279 |
91 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3214 |
89 |
| 4C Medical Technologies, Inc. | 93 |
84 |
| Other owners | 6488 |