- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61F - Filters implantable into blood vessels; prostheses; devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents; orthopaedic, nursing or contraceptive devices; fomentation; treatment or protection of eyes or ears; bandages, dressings or absorbent pads; first-aid kits
- A61F 2/48 - Operating or control means, e.g. from outside the body, control of sphincters
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/48
Total number of patents in this class: 509
10-year publication summary
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38
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44
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60
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58
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53
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43
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31
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40
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33
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5
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Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 9498 |
31 |
| Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1406 |
23 |
| Ossur HF | 600 |
17 |
| Canary Medical Inc. | 106 |
14 |
| Verily Life Sciences LLC | 1494 |
13 |
| Raed M. Ali, M.D., Inc. | 16 |
9 |
| Uromems | 54 |
9 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4453 |
8 |
| SpineX Tec, LLC | 16 |
8 |
| Osteal Therapeutics, Inc. | 32 |
7 |
| Uroflow Technology, LLC | 13 |
7 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 9909 |
6 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2817 |
6 |
| Establishment Labs S.A. | 159 |
6 |
| Kirk Promotion Ltd. | 149 |
6 |
| Willowwood Global LLC | 90 |
6 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | 5524 |
5 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 5163 |
5 |
| Intelligent Implants Limited | 24 |
5 |
| P Tech, LLC | 138 |
5 |
| Other owners | 313 |