A61B 17/12031
Complete occlusion
Official title: {complete occlusion}
A61B17/12031 (Complete occlusion) appears on 795 US grants and 1,277 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 795
- Published applications
- 1,277
- Assignees
- 323
- Inventors
- 1,397
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 5 | 6 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 10 |
| 2007 | 2 | 8 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 12 |
| 2010 | 5 | 15 |
| 2011 | 5 | 21 |
| 2012 | 13 | 31 |
| 2013 | 14 | 52 |
| 2014 | 23 | 58 |
| 2015 | 37 | 84 |
| 2016 | 35 | 86 |
| 2017 | 55 | 74 |
| 2018 | 55 | 83 |
| 2019 | 61 | 110 |
| 2020 | 84 | 102 |
| 2021 | 89 | 110 |
| 2022 | 76 | 78 |
| 2023 | 64 | 77 |
| 2024 | 59 | 76 |
| 2025 | 71 | 108 |
| 2026 | 31 | 59 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Left atrial appendage closure device and method29 Sep 2026US 12,746,006 B2
- Left atrial appendage occlusion25 Aug 2026US 12,714,432 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Embolic devices and methods of manufacturing same25 Aug 2026US 12,714,433 B2Stryker Corporation
- Embolic agent and preparation method therefor25 Aug 2026US 12,714,435 B2Neuroguard Medical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Devices and methods for occlusion of an atrial appendage25 Aug 2026US 12,714,436 B2W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Left atrial appendage closure device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294439 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Laser cut catheters for vascular embolization1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294440 A1Q'apel Medical, LLC
- Apparatus, systems, and methods to improve atrial fibrillation outcomes involving the left atrial appendage1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295280 A1
- Medical Device for Closing a Vessel24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283622 A1Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Systems and methods for embolizing blood vessels10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263074 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and device for left atrial appendage occlusion523US 7,128,073 B1ev3 Endovascular, Inc. · 2006
- Device for containing embolic material in the LAA having a plurality of tissue retention structures395US 6,994,092 B2ev3 Sunnyvale, Inc. · 2006
- Braid-ball embolic devices317US 8,142,456 B2Nfocus Neuromedical, Inc. · 2012
- Vaso-occlusive device delivery system235US 9,717,502 B2Stryker Corporation · 2017
- Devices and methods for preventing distal embolization using flow reversal by partial occlusion of the brachiocephalic artery206US 6,837,881 B1CoAxia, Inc. · 2005