A61B 17/12136
Balloons
Official title: {Balloons}
A61B17/12136 (Balloons) appears on 1,718 US grants and 2,316 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,718
- Published applications
- 2,316
- Assignees
- 691
- Inventors
- 2,702
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 23 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 38 | 21 |
| 2002 | 33 | 68 |
| 2003 | 53 | 66 |
| 2004 | 43 | 81 |
| 2005 | 30 | 95 |
| 2006 | 38 | 67 |
| 2007 | 19 | 54 |
| 2008 | 28 | 74 |
| 2009 | 27 | 64 |
| 2010 | 61 | 86 |
| 2011 | 56 | 57 |
| 2012 | 51 | 98 |
| 2013 | 67 | 85 |
| 2014 | 82 | 114 |
| 2015 | 62 | 104 |
| 2016 | 79 | 91 |
| 2017 | 74 | 92 |
| 2018 | 67 | 111 |
| 2019 | 82 | 137 |
| 2020 | 115 | 152 |
| 2021 | 90 | 118 |
| 2022 | 89 | 105 |
| 2023 | 84 | 104 |
| 2024 | 80 | 98 |
| 2025 | 78 | 92 |
| 2026 | 54 | 82 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Perfusion catheters and related methods29 Sep 2026US 12,746,374 B2Teleflex Life Sciences Limited
- Catheter device and method for selective occlusion of arteries of the descending aorta or iliac vasculature22 Sep 2026US 12,740,787 B2
- Dual-lumen occlusion balloon catheter and method of use1 Sep 2026US 12,721,629 B2VascuPatent Medical (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- System and method for treating heart tissue25 Aug 2026US 12,714,430 B2Miracor Medical SA
- Left atrial appendage occlusion25 Aug 2026US 12,714,432 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Toroidal occlusion and molding balloons and methods of use8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306103 A1
- Systems and methods to sense characteristics of a therapeutic agent in vivo8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306803 A1TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc.
- Handling respiration during navigational bronchoscopy1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294370 A1Covidien LP
- Left atrial appendage occlusion1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294436 A1Medtronic CryoCath LP
- Bronchial hemostatic balloon catheter1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295222 A1Chungnam National University Hospital
Most cited
By later US patents
- Devices and methods for performing a vascular anastomosis2,683US 5,695,504 AHeartport, Inc. · 1997
- Device and method for controlling injection of liquid embolic composition1,859US 6,511,468 B1Micro Therapeutics, Inc. · 2003
- Methods and apparatus for bypassing arterial obstructions and/or performing other transvascular procedures1,703US 6,190,353 B1TransVascular, Inc. · 2001
- Coaxial catheter system1,540US 7,766,894 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2010
- Device and method for minimizing heart displacements during a beating heart surgical procedure1,295US 6,110,187 AHeartport, Inc. · 2000