- 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 2/24 - Heart valves
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/24
Total number of patents in this class: 12102
10-year publication summary
736
|
815
|
937
|
1102
|
1226
|
1188
|
1220
|
1242
|
1155
|
346
|
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4141 |
2691 |
Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
550 |
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
517 |
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | 1351 |
431 |
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
330 |
Cardiovalve Ltd. | 174 |
165 |
Tendyne Holdings, Inc. | 151 |
144 |
Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC | 166 |
141 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
133 |
Venus Medtech (hangzhou), Inc. | 208 |
124 |
Medtentia International Ltd. Oy | 125 |
119 |
Valtech Cardio, Ltd. | 129 |
112 |
Twelve, Inc. | 121 |
107 |
Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc. | 103 |
99 |
Evalve, Inc. | 189 |
97 |
Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
94 |
St. Jude Medical LLC | 266 |
94 |
Jenavalve Technology, Inc. | 117 |
89 |
Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd. | 105 |
79 |
Neovasc Tiara Inc. | 83 |
78 |
Other owners | 5908 |