- 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 2/02 - Prostheses implantable into the body
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/02
Total number of patents in this class: 2917
10-year publication summary
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203
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196
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190
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184
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125
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150
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97
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79
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81
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31
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11241 |
84 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2723 |
56 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4888 |
48 |
| ViaCyte, Inc. | 179 |
36 |
| MiMedx Group, Inc. | 211 |
31 |
| The Regents of the University of California | 20815 |
29 |
| Coloplast A/S | 1930 |
28 |
| Milux Holding S.A. | 175 |
25 |
| Covidien LP | 10675 |
24 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1118 |
23 |
| The General Hospital Corporation | 4875 |
22 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 2765 |
20 |
| University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 3328 |
19 |
| Elutia Med LLC | 39 |
19 |
| The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona | 2310 |
17 |
| Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 423 |
17 |
| Sofradim Production | 290 |
17 |
| C.R. Bard, Inc. | 614 |
16 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2639 |
16 |
| Washington University | 1752 |
16 |
| Other owners | 2354 |