- 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 2/82 - Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/82
Total number of patents in this class: 3983
10-year publication summary
326
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358
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339
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313
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322
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236
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184
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149
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162
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117
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2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3228 |
171 |
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10325 |
166 |
Covidien LP | 10660 |
148 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2722 |
111 |
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1114 |
110 |
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1494 |
92 |
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5596 |
91 |
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4773 |
75 |
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1142 |
56 |
MicroVention, Inc. | 622 |
47 |
Medtronic, Inc. | 9825 |
38 |
Aortic Innovations, LLC | 46 |
38 |
Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 407 |
35 |
Boston Scientific Limited | 659 |
33 |
BIOTRONIK AG | 424 |
31 |
Intact Vascular, Inc. | 66 |
31 |
Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2798 |
27 |
C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1769 |
26 |
Q3 Medical Devices Limited | 61 |
26 |
The Regents of the University of California | 20087 |
22 |
Other owners | 2609 |