- 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 2/958 - Inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/958
Total number of patents in this class: 2019
10-year publication summary
152
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143
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170
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181
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169
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189
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138
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120
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120
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31
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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4141 |
130 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
113 |
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
107 |
Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
88 |
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
80 |
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
51 |
Advanced Bifurcation Systems, Inc. | 61 |
39 |
Boston Scientific Limited | 906 |
34 |
Covidien LP | 10647 |
33 |
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
32 |
Intact Vascular, Inc. | 67 |
29 |
C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1765 |
20 |
BIOTRONIK AG | 387 |
19 |
Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
16 |
Loma Vista Medical, Inc. | 46 |
15 |
Sync-Rx, Ltd. | 59 |
15 |
Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited | 60 |
13 |
Medtronic CryoCath LP | 322 |
13 |
Endologix LLC | 124 |
13 |
Bentley InnoMed GmbH | 60 |
12 |
Other owners | 1147 |