- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61L - Methods or apparatus for sterilising materials or objects in general; disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air; chemical aspects of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles; materials for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L 29/18 - Materials at least partially X-ray or laser opaque
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 29/18
Total number of patents in this class: 150
10-year publication summary
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15
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12
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16
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9
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15
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9
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11
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7
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5
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0
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | 7058 |
12 |
| Marvis Interventional GmbH | 18 |
10 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3321 |
8 |
| Lutonix, Inc. | 66 |
8 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9852 |
5 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 9498 |
5 |
| Access Vascular, Inc. | 32 |
4 |
| Evonik Canada Inc. | 39 |
4 |
| CeloNova Biosciences, Inc. | 37 |
3 |
| Endoshape, Inc. | 23 |
3 |
| Marvis Medical GmbH | 7 |
3 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1120 |
3 |
| Swift Sync, Inc. | 6 |
3 |
| Boston Scientific Limited | 817 |
2 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5382 |
2 |
| Clearstream Technologies Limited | 157 |
2 |
| Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University | 2377 |
2 |
| Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | 144 |
2 |
| SurModics, Inc. | 347 |
2 |
| Piper Access, LLC | 27 |
2 |
| Other owners | 65 |