- 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 2/915 - Stents in a form characterised by wire-like elementsStents in a form characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure made from perforated sheets or tubes, e.g. perforated by laser cuts or etched holes with bands having a meander structure, adjacent bands being connected to each other
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/915
Total number of patents in this class: 1492
10-year publication summary
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178
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180
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169
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155
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143
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96
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93
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73
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55
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Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1114 |
106 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3217 |
81 |
| Covidien LP | 10652 |
59 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10280 |
57 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5536 |
53 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2669 |
51 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1504 |
44 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1769 |
38 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4724 |
33 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1142 |
29 |
| Vesper Medical, Inc. | 58 |
26 |
| Cardiovalve Ltd. | 182 |
25 |
| Vactronix Scientific, LLC | 89 |
23 |
| Elixir Medical Corporation | 95 |
22 |
| Intact Vascular, Inc. | 66 |
22 |
| 4tech Inc. | 45 |
18 |
| Angiomed GmbH & Co. Medizintechnik KG | 114 |
18 |
| Atrium Medical Corporation | 140 |
15 |
| Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 407 |
15 |
| Q3 Medical Devices Limited | 61 |
13 |
| Other owners | 744 |