A61B 17/12122
Within the heart
Official title: {within the heart (for closing a cardiac septal defect A61B17/0057)}
A61B17/12122 (Within the heart) appears on 849 US grants and 1,304 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 849
- Published applications
- 1,304
- Assignees
- 254
- Inventors
- 1,194
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 10 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 |
| 2003 | 12 | 20 |
| 2004 | 8 | 18 |
| 2005 | 2 | 27 |
| 2006 | 9 | 25 |
| 2007 | 4 | 27 |
| 2008 | 10 | 27 |
| 2009 | 8 | 28 |
| 2010 | 13 | 26 |
| 2011 | 15 | 30 |
| 2012 | 25 | 29 |
| 2013 | 27 | 49 |
| 2014 | 79 | 75 |
| 2015 | 37 | 38 |
| 2016 | 30 | 55 |
| 2017 | 42 | 63 |
| 2018 | 35 | 69 |
| 2019 | 52 | 87 |
| 2020 | 80 | 78 |
| 2021 | 48 | 68 |
| 2022 | 63 | 88 |
| 2023 | 59 | 80 |
| 2024 | 62 | 108 |
| 2025 | 67 | 108 |
| 2026 | 44 | 63 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Twisted tip soft tissue anchors6 Oct 2026US 12,751,717 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Left atrial appendage implant with distal engagement element6 Oct 2026US 12,751,718 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Left atrial appendage closure device and method29 Sep 2026US 12,746,006 B2
- Implantable medical device with sealing to accommodate an irregular ostium29 Sep 2026US 12,746,007 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Implantable medical device adaptable to irregular anatomy15 Sep 2026US 12,733,937 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Left atrial appendage closure implant8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306102 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Left atrial appendage occlusion1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294436 A1Medtronic CryoCath LP
- Loader Tubing for Left Atrial Appendage Occluder Delivery System1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294437 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Left atrial appendage closure device with passive fixation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294438 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Left atrial appendage closure device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294439 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Percutaneous catheter directed intravascular occlusion devices1,158US 5,725,552 AAGA Medical Corporation · 1998
- Method and device for left atrial appendage occlusion1,121US 6,152,144 AAppriva Medical, Inc. · 2000
- Method and apparatus for closing a body lumen1,026US 6,231,561 B1Appriva Medical, Inc. · 2001
- Robotic catheter system and methods926US 8,498,691 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2013
- Method and apparatus for closing intracardiac septal defects905US 6,290,674 B1Appriva Medical, Inc. · 2001