A61B 17/3498
Valves therefor
Official title: {Valves therefor, e.g. flapper valves, slide valves (haemostasis valves A61M39/06; check valves A61M39/24)}
A61B17/3498 (Valves therefor) appears on 857 US grants and 911 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 911
- Assignees
- 248
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 35 | 11 |
| 2026 | 17 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Valve mechanism22 Sep 2026US 12,740,807 B2Palliare Limited
- Apparatus and methods for controlled clot aspiration8 Sep 2026US 12,727,897 B1Penumbra, Inc.
- Interface for accessing the interior of a heart8 Sep 2026US 12,727,911 B2Syntach AG
- Protection sleeve for reusable handheld instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306206 A1Stryker Corporation
- Loader Tubing for Left Atrial Appendage Occluder Delivery System1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294437 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Resectoscope valve part for a manually actuatable working element of a resectoscope3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256512 A1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Puncturing instrument20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240567 A1Force Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Introducer sheath with dual arm hub having inbuilt tightening port20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240568 A1Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
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By later US patents
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- Surgical instrument1,572US 8,632,563 B2Olympus Corporation · 2014
- Sealed surgical access device1,497US 7,052,454 B2Applied Medical Resources Corporation · 2006
- Surgical access device with pendent valve1,360US 7,083,626 B2Applied Medical Resources Corporation · 2006