- 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: 5417
10-year publication summary
|
446
|
458
|
460
|
531
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506
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476
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430
|
393
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376
|
248
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | 7589 |
906 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5822 |
316 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11225 |
210 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 883 |
171 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4891 |
152 |
| B. Braun Melsungen AG | 1058 |
118 |
| ICU Medical, Inc. | 1490 |
88 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9800 |
86 |
| ABIOMED, Inc. | 903 |
83 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 159 |
68 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1760 |
62 |
| Poly Medicure Limited | 124 |
52 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3175 |
51 |
| Covidien LP | 10667 |
49 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1460 |
44 |
| Acclarent, Inc. | 548 |
44 |
| Nipro Corporation | 1054 |
42 |
| Pacesetter, Inc. | 1540 |
38 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2716 |
34 |
| Velano Vascular, Inc. | 78 |
34 |
| Other owners | 2769 |