- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61M - Devices for introducing media into, or onto, the bodydevices for transducing body media or for taking media from the bodydevices for producing or ending sleep or stupor
- A61M 25/06 - Body-piercing guide needles or the like
Patent holdings for IPC class A61M 25/06
Total number of patents in this class: 5041
10-year publication summary
|
354
|
446
|
458
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460
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528
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499
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464
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411
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376
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187
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | 7239 |
860 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5506 |
284 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10200 |
165 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 796 |
162 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4674 |
124 |
| B. Braun Melsungen AG | 991 |
121 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9797 |
82 |
| ABIOMED, Inc. | 728 |
73 |
| ICU Medical, Inc. | 1436 |
73 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1774 |
66 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 138 |
59 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3228 |
51 |
| Poly Medicure Limited | 121 |
50 |
| Covidien LP | 10626 |
46 |
| Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. | 241 |
45 |
| Acclarent, Inc. | 574 |
44 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1501 |
42 |
| Nipro Corporation | 1015 |
41 |
| Pacesetter, Inc. | 1492 |
33 |
| Velano Vascular, Inc. | 76 |
31 |
| Other owners | 2589 |