- 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 2/844 - Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents folded prior to deployment
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/844
Total number of patents in this class: 541
10-year publication summary
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36
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161
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86
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62
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80
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68
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47
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35
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38
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18
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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 |
54 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
28 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4141 |
25 |
| Intact Vascular, Inc. | 67 |
24 |
| Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC | 166 |
22 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
20 |
| Q3 Medical Devices Limited | 60 |
19 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
17 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
14 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
13 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
12 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
11 |
| Lutonix, Inc. | 66 |
9 |
| St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | 1351 |
7 |
| Advanced Bifurcation Systems, Inc. | 61 |
7 |
| Inari Medical Inc. | 211 |
7 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 981 |
7 |
| V-wave Ltd. | 88 |
6 |
| Kaneka Corporation | 4445 |
5 |
| AneuMed, Inc. | 13 |
5 |
| Other owners | 229 |