- 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 2/844 - Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents folded prior to deployment
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/844
Total number of patents in this class: 598
10-year publication summary
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86
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62
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81
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69
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50
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37
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40
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46
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33
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12
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Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3186 |
55 |
| Covidien LP | 10667 |
30 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4824 |
28 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11005 |
26 |
| Intact Vascular, Inc. | 58 |
24 |
| Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC | 176 |
22 |
| Q3 Medical Devices Limited | 63 |
21 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1089 |
19 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2784 |
14 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1456 |
13 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2705 |
13 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5743 |
12 |
| Advanced Bifurcation Systems, Inc. | 85 |
11 |
| Lutonix, Inc. | 65 |
9 |
| St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | 1634 |
7 |
| Inari Medical Inc. | 262 |
7 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1185 |
7 |
| V-wave Ltd. | 102 |
6 |
| Endologix LLC | 129 |
6 |
| MicroVention, Inc. | 640 |
5 |
| Other owners | 263 |