- 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 2/00 - Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/00
Total number of patents in this class: 7540
10-year publication summary
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558
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589
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594
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570
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560
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526
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486
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413
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336
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72
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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 |
450 |
| Sofradim Production | 305 |
145 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4141 |
143 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
135 |
| Coloplast A/S | 1927 |
124 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
113 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
110 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 3184 |
92 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1765 |
72 |
| Rotation Medical, Inc. | 116 |
68 |
| Tepha, Inc. | 233 |
63 |
| Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1377 |
61 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2685 |
58 |
| AMS Research Corporation | 187 |
57 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
52 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
48 |
| LifeCell Corporation | 350 |
47 |
| Biomet Manufacturing, LLC | 1067 |
44 |
| Allergan, Inc. | 2600 |
43 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
41 |
| Other owners | 5574 |