- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61M - Devices for introducing media into, or onto, the body; devices for transducing body media or for taking media from the body; devices for producing or ending sleep or stupor
- A61M 25/06 - Body-piercing guide needles or the like
Patent holdings for IPC class A61M 25/06
Total number of patents in this class: 4665
10-year publication summary
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369
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354
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446
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456
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458
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521
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481
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451
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392
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123
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | 6712 |
809 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
260 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 674 |
150 |
| B. Braun Melsungen AG | 950 |
117 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
109 |
| Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. | 766 |
105 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4141 |
100 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
76 |
| ABIOMED, Inc. | 568 |
63 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1765 |
62 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 114 |
53 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
52 |
| Poly Medicure Limited | 115 |
48 |
| Acclarent, Inc. | 550 |
47 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
46 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
41 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 194 |
41 |
| Nipro Corporation | 995 |
39 |
| Avent, Inc. | 1007 |
35 |
| Medical Components, Inc. | 279 |
31 |
| Other owners | 2381 |