A61B 17/3207
Atherectomy devices working by cutting or abrading
Official title: Atherectomy devices {working by cutting or abrading; Similar devices specially adapted for non-vascular obstructions (A61B17/32037 takes precedence; endoscopic cutting instruments A61B17/320016)}
A61B17/3207 (Atherectomy devices working by cutting or abrading) appears on 4,105 US grants and 4,812 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 4,105
- Published applications
- 4,812
- Assignees
- 1,005
- Inventors
- 4,709
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 23 | 0 |
| 1989 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | 27 | 0 |
| 1991 | 35 | 0 |
| 1992 | 40 | 0 |
| 1993 | 39 | 0 |
| 1994 | 60 | 0 |
| 1995 | 40 | 0 |
| 1996 | 47 | 0 |
| 1997 | 49 | 0 |
| 1998 | 65 | 0 |
| 1999 | 83 | 0 |
| 2000 | 83 | 0 |
| 2001 | 71 | 26 |
| 2002 | 72 | 116 |
| 2003 | 87 | 106 |
| 2004 | 64 | 114 |
| 2005 | 42 | 151 |
| 2006 | 37 | 145 |
| 2007 | 48 | 115 |
| 2008 | 37 | 145 |
| 2009 | 42 | 137 |
| 2010 | 89 | 166 |
| 2011 | 95 | 175 |
| 2012 | 123 | 215 |
| 2013 | 161 | 204 |
| 2014 | 178 | 267 |
| 2015 | 174 | 233 |
| 2016 | 178 | 234 |
| 2017 | 183 | 235 |
| 2018 | 162 | 233 |
| 2019 | 242 | 253 |
| 2020 | 226 | 257 |
| 2021 | 193 | 216 |
| 2022 | 198 | 241 |
| 2023 | 196 | 216 |
| 2024 | 213 | 221 |
| 2025 | 219 | 236 |
| 2026 | 121 | 155 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 17/320758With a rotating cutting instrument1,910
- A61B 17/320725With radially expandable cutting or abrading elements1,376
- A61B 17/320783Through side-hole794
- A61B 2017/320733With a flexible cutting or scraping elementIndexing code369
- A61B 17/32075Pullback cutting330
- A61B 2017/320716Comprising means for preventing embolism by dislodged materialIndexing code321
- A61B 2017/320741For stripping the intima or the internal plaque from a blood vesselIndexing code224
- A61B 17/320708Curettes207
Recent patents
- Neurovascular clot retrieving system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,736 B2Cerebrova KP Medical, Inc.
- Surgical apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,746,031 B2Linus Ventures LLC
- Medical device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,032 B2Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Intraluminal vascular device, particularly for sclerotherapy, and method22 Sep 2026US 12,740,795 B2I-Vasc S.R.L.
- Atherectomy system adapted to enable retrograde ablation15 Sep 2026US 12,733,952 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Orbital Atherectomy Device with Exchangeable Burr System and Methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306127 A1Angiomed GmbH & Co. Medizintechnik KG
- Interventional systems and associated devices and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306128 A1InterVene, Inc.
- Selectively dilatable stent having one or more cutting edges, and related systems and methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294467 A1Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Highly flexible atherectomy devices1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294468 A1Nipro Vascular Innovations Americas, Inc.
- Calibrated power-driven surgical cutting device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294469 A1The Spectranetics Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Artificial heart valve and method and device for implanting the same2,287US 5,855,601 AThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · 1999
- Automated surgical system and apparatus2,024US 5,368,015 A1994
- Laparoscopic tissue retrieval device and method2,018US 5,591,187 A1997
- Full thickness resection device1,857US 6,605,078 B2SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2003
- Stapling and cutting in resectioning for full thickness resection devices1,799US 7,334,718 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · 2008