- 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 2/06 - Blood vessels
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/06
Total number of patents in this class: 5493
10-year publication summary
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367
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362
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382
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305
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318
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262
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226
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151
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176
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98
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3227 |
547 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1498 |
249 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2673 |
213 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10162 |
208 |
| Covidien LP | 10621 |
116 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4656 |
88 |
| Bolton Medical, Inc. | 156 |
69 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1114 |
68 |
| Endologix LLC | 119 |
64 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1136 |
63 |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | 1574 |
62 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1774 |
61 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5506 |
46 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9788 |
40 |
| Cook Incorporated | 220 |
40 |
| Endospan Ltd. | 76 |
38 |
| Cardinal Health Switzerland 515 GmbH | 129 |
37 |
| Aortic Innovations, LLC | 46 |
36 |
| University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 3131 |
33 |
| William A. Cook Australia Pty. Ltd. | 64 |
31 |
| Other owners | 3384 |