- 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 2/06 - Blood vessels
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/06
Total number of patents in this class: 5766
10-year publication summary
379
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367
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362
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383
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303
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308
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245
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193
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140
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39
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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 |
575 |
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
266 |
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
221 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
215 |
Covidien LP | 10647 |
115 |
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
74 |
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4141 |
73 |
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | 1591 |
70 |
Boston Scientific Limited | 906 |
65 |
Endologix LLC | 124 |
63 |
Bolton Medical, Inc. | 159 |
62 |
C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1765 |
61 |
Cook Incorporated | 294 |
60 |
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 981 |
60 |
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
51 |
Cardinal Health Switzerland 515 GmbH | 158 |
47 |
Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
44 |
William A. Cook Australia Pty. Ltd. | 76 |
39 |
Endospan Ltd. | 74 |
35 |
Aortic Innovations, LLC | 43 |
32 |
Other owners | 3538 |