- 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 2/958 - Inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/958
Total number of patents in this class: 2109
10-year publication summary
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170
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183
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170
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191
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150
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132
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138
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126
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111
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62
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4880 |
185 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2720 |
116 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1017 |
100 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11151 |
88 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3178 |
77 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5809 |
60 |
| Advanced Bifurcation Systems, Inc. | 88 |
58 |
| Covidien LP | 10649 |
36 |
| Intact Vascular, Inc. | 58 |
27 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1460 |
25 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1162 |
23 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1761 |
22 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9792 |
21 |
| BIOTRONIK AG | 446 |
21 |
| Sync-Rx, Ltd. | 62 |
16 |
| Loma Vista Medical, Inc. | 47 |
14 |
| Endologix LLC | 127 |
14 |
| Medtronic CryoCath LP | 303 |
13 |
| Reflow Medical, Inc. | 53 |
13 |
| Bentley InnoMed GmbH | 62 |
12 |
| Other owners | 1168 |