- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61F - Filters implantable into blood vessels; prostheses; devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents; orthopaedic, nursing or contraceptive devices; fomentation; treatment or protection of eyes or ears; bandages, dressings or absorbent pads; first-aid kits
- A61F 2/82 - Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/82
Total number of patents in this class: 3933
10-year publication summary
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345
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340
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373
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355
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321
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331
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234
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176
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141
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33
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
189 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
148 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
143 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
115 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
113 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
95 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
84 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4141 |
62 |
| Boston Scientific Limited | 906 |
53 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 981 |
43 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
36 |
| MicroVention, Inc. | 555 |
36 |
| Aortic Innovations, LLC | 43 |
36 |
| Intact Vascular, Inc. | 67 |
31 |
| Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 347 |
31 |
| BIOTRONIK AG | 387 |
29 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
27 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1765 |
26 |
| Q3 Medical Devices Limited | 60 |
26 |
| Bolton Medical, Inc. | 159 |
25 |
| Other owners | 2585 |