- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61M - Devices for introducing media into, or onto, the body; devices for transducing body media or for taking media from the body; devices for producing or ending sleep or stupor
- A61M 25/00 - Catheters; Hollow probes
Patent holdings for IPC class A61M 25/00
Total number of patents in this class: 14840
10-year publication summary
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1082
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1066
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1287
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1465
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1454
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1489
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1477
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1293
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1173
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429
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | 6712 |
693 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
666 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
486 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 930 |
306 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
293 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
256 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
235 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4141 |
234 |
| Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd. | 889 |
205 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1765 |
196 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
181 |
| Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. | 1925 |
165 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 674 |
162 |
| St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. | 923 |
133 |
| Coloplast A/S | 1927 |
122 |
| St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | 1351 |
110 |
| Acclarent, Inc. | 550 |
106 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 981 |
104 |
| Kaneka Corporation | 4445 |
102 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
101 |
| Other owners | 9984 |