A61B 17/1219
Expandable in contact with liquids
Official title: {expandable in contact with liquids}
A61B17/1219 (Expandable in contact with liquids) appears on 555 US grants and 740 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 555
- Published applications
- 740
- Assignees
- 198
- Inventors
- 817
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 13 |
| 2002 | 11 | 23 |
| 2003 | 23 | 28 |
| 2004 | 17 | 41 |
| 2005 | 8 | 80 |
| 2006 | 9 | 38 |
| 2007 | 14 | 36 |
| 2008 | 12 | 28 |
| 2009 | 11 | 45 |
| 2010 | 26 | 27 |
| 2011 | 29 | 26 |
| 2012 | 32 | 36 |
| 2013 | 37 | 45 |
| 2014 | 33 | 26 |
| 2015 | 24 | 25 |
| 2016 | 26 | 25 |
| 2017 | 21 | 24 |
| 2018 | 19 | 31 |
| 2019 | 26 | 26 |
| 2020 | 25 | 27 |
| 2021 | 25 | 17 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 |
| 2023 | 12 | 14 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8 |
| 2025 | 11 | 27 |
| 2026 | 4 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Occlusive device7 Jul 2026US 12,672,969 B2Covidien LP
- Embolization hydrogel having controllable degradation time, and preparation method therefor9 Jun 2026US 12,649,015 B2Nextbiomedical Co., Ltd.
- Hydrophilic skirt for paravalvular leak mitigation and fit and apposition optimization for prosthetic heart valve implants10 Feb 2026US 12,544,226 B24C Medical Technologies, Inc.
- In situ forming hemostatic foam implants10 Feb 2026US 12,544,491 B2Arsenal Medical, Inc.
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods9 Dec 2025US 12,491,344 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Systems and methods for delivering a composition20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241104 A1Contraline, Inc.
- Septal defect occlusion device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224221 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Left atrial appendage closure devices18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165696 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Left atrial appendage closure devices4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151134 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Left atrial appendage closure devices4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151135 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device and method for controlling injection of liquid embolic composition1,859US 6,511,468 B1Micro Therapeutics, Inc. · 2003
- Vascular closure device1,319US 8,790,684 B2Cordis Corporation · 2014
- Apparatus and method for engrafting a blood vessel1,204US 5,591,195 A1997
- Device for implanting a prosthesis in a tissue1,041US 9,585,672 B2Thd S.P.A. · 2017
- Device, system and method for intersititial transvascular intervention957US 5,830,222 ATransVascular, Inc. · 1998