- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61L - Methods or apparatus for sterilising materials or objects in generaldisinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of airchemical aspects of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articlesmaterials for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L 31/18 - Materials at least partially X-ray or laser opaque
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 31/18
Total number of patents in this class: 494
10-year publication summary
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42
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38
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46
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37
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47
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32
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31
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23
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25
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15
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1114 |
28 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1498 |
18 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10162 |
16 |
| MicroVention, Inc. | 619 |
16 |
| Incept LLC | 150 |
13 |
| Boston Scientific Limited | 705 |
9 |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | 1880 |
9 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5506 |
8 |
| Lutonix, Inc. | 65 |
8 |
| The Texas a & M University System | 1680 |
8 |
| Covidien LP | 10621 |
7 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9788 |
7 |
| Encapson B.V. | 11 |
7 |
| REVA Medical, Inc. | 25 |
7 |
| Marvis Interventional GmbH | 16 |
7 |
| Scientia Vascular, Inc. | 145 |
7 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 36 |
6 |
| Zorion Medical, Inc. | 15 |
6 |
| Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. | 2959 |
5 |
| Devicor Medical Products, Inc. | 456 |
5 |
| Other owners | 297 |