- 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 2/966 - Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts having an outer sleeve with relative longitudinal movement between outer sleeve and prosthesis, e.g. using a push rod
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/966
Total number of patents in this class: 2574
10-year publication summary
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224
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252
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240
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205
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220
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196
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157
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167
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149
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124
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Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3175 |
231 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11271 |
226 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2726 |
120 |
| Covidien LP | 10688 |
119 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1464 |
103 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4894 |
91 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5849 |
69 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9801 |
62 |
| Bolton Medical, Inc. | 163 |
49 |
| St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | 1687 |
42 |
| Intact Vascular, Inc. | 58 |
39 |
| Olympus Corporation | 12915 |
36 |
| MicroVention, Inc. | 651 |
36 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1759 |
36 |
| JC Medical, Inc. | 68 |
34 |
| Angiomed GmbH & Co. Medizintechnik KG | 93 |
32 |
| Endologix LLC | 129 |
31 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1168 |
30 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1015 |
27 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5649 |
25 |
| Other owners | 1136 |