- 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 2/04 - Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi or bile ducts
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/04
Total number of patents in this class: 2518
10-year publication summary
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197
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215
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183
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185
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168
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168
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137
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143
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163
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12
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Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10714 |
383 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3217 |
56 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2719 |
51 |
| Milux Holding S.A. | 175 |
44 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1173 |
34 |
| Kirk Promotion Ltd. | 149 |
32 |
| Coloplast A/S | 1915 |
30 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13058 |
26 |
| Bfkw, LLC | 47 |
25 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1396 |
24 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1258 |
21 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 102 |
20 |
| Covidien LP | 10663 |
19 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5666 |
19 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6343 |
18 |
| Zenflow, Inc. | 37 |
18 |
| Morphic Medical, Inc. | 38 |
18 |
| MetaModix, Inc. | 38 |
17 |
| Q3 Medical Devices Limited | 63 |
16 |
| University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 3238 |
16 |
| Other owners | 1631 |