- 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 25/01 - Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
Patent holdings for IPC class A61M 25/01
Total number of patents in this class: 8530
10-year publication summary
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645
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680
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817
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812
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880
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872
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898
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756
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674
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224
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
384 |
| Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. | 1925 |
225 |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | 6712 |
218 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
183 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4141 |
171 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
150 |
| St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | 1351 |
148 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
140 |
| St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. | 923 |
122 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
117 |
| Acclarent, Inc. | 550 |
115 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 674 |
111 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3616 |
105 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
102 |
| Corindus, Inc. | 181 |
96 |
| Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 22975 |
95 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1765 |
95 |
| Auris Health, Inc. | 774 |
91 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 930 |
85 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 114 |
65 |
| Other owners | 5712 |