- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61M - Devices for introducing media into, or onto, the bodydevices for transducing body media or for taking media from the bodydevices for producing or ending sleep or stupor
- A61M 25/06 - Body-piercing guide needles or the like
Patent holdings for IPC class A61M 25/06
Total number of patents in this class: 5105
10-year publication summary
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353
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444
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454
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455
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523
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494
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461
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412
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377
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247
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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 | 7244 |
849 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5546 |
294 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10288 |
171 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 807 |
164 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4735 |
128 |
| B. Braun Melsungen AG | 1003 |
122 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9815 |
83 |
| ABIOMED, Inc. | 753 |
77 |
| ICU Medical, Inc. | 1439 |
73 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1770 |
66 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 141 |
60 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3214 |
51 |
| Poly Medicure Limited | 121 |
50 |
| Covidien LP | 10662 |
47 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1503 |
44 |
| Acclarent, Inc. | 573 |
44 |
| Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. | 239 |
44 |
| Nipro Corporation | 1017 |
41 |
| Pacesetter, Inc. | 1492 |
35 |
| Velano Vascular, Inc. | 76 |
31 |
| Other owners | 2631 |