- 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 2/962 - Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts having an outer sleeve
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/962
Total number of patents in this class: 791
10-year publication summary
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71
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101
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57
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62
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80
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55
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50
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51
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23
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32
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3175 |
81 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2726 |
71 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4894 |
43 |
| Covidien LP | 10688 |
40 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11271 |
38 |
| Aortic Innovations, LLC | 48 |
31 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1464 |
20 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9801 |
17 |
| St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | 1687 |
17 |
| Intact Vascular, Inc. | 58 |
15 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5849 |
12 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1168 |
12 |
| Bolton Medical, Inc. | 163 |
11 |
| BIOTRONIK AG | 447 |
10 |
| Capstan Medical Inc. | 28 |
9 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1759 |
8 |
| Endospan Ltd. | 78 |
8 |
| Shanghai MicroPort Cardioflow Medtech Co., Ltd. | 117 |
8 |
| Angiomed GmbH & Co. Medizintechnik KG | 93 |
7 |
| Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 423 |
7 |
| Other owners | 326 |