- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61L - Methods or apparatus for sterilising materials or objects in general; disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air; chemical aspects of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles; materials for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L 31/18 - Materials at least partially X-ray or laser opaque
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 31/18
Total number of patents in this class: 501
10-year publication summary
44
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42
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38
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46
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37
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47
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33
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30
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24
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9
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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
29 |
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
18 |
MicroVention, Inc. | 555 |
15 |
Boston Scientific Limited | 906 |
14 |
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
12 |
Encapson B.V. | 19 |
12 |
Incept LLC | 151 |
12 |
Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
8 |
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
8 |
Lutonix, Inc. | 66 |
8 |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | 1776 |
8 |
Marvis Interventional GmbH | 18 |
8 |
Scientia Vascular, Inc. | 126 |
8 |
Covidien LP | 10647 |
7 |
REVA Medical, Inc. | 30 |
7 |
The Texas a & M University System | 1519 |
7 |
Zorion Medical, Inc. | 16 |
7 |
Cardinal Health 529, LLC | 306 |
7 |
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. | 3115 |
5 |
Poly-Med, Inc. | 187 |
5 |
Other owners | 296 |