- 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 2/48 - 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: 621
10-year publication summary
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44
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60
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60
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58
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53
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41
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49
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40
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58
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64
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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 |
64 |
| VB Spine, LLC | 661 |
25 |
| Canary Medical Inc. | 114 |
21 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4888 |
14 |
| Verily Health Inc. | 759 |
13 |
| Uromems | 60 |
12 |
| Raed M. Ali, M.D., Inc. | 17 |
11 |
| Ossur HF | 437 |
10 |
| SpineX Tec, LLC | 17 |
10 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10282 |
8 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | 5913 |
8 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 5895 |
8 |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | 2861 |
8 |
| Intelligent Implants Limited | 26 |
8 |
| Establishment Labs S.A. | 161 |
7 |
| Coloplast A/S | 1930 |
7 |
| Osteal Therapeutics, Inc. | 48 |
7 |
| Uroflow Technology, LLC | 13 |
7 |
| P Tech, LLC | 140 |
6 |
| Kirk Promotion Ltd. | 149 |
6 |
| Other owners | 361 |