A61B 2017/00561
Creating a vacuum
Official title: {creating a vacuum}
A61B2017/00561 (Creating a vacuum) appears on 512 US grants and 809 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 512
- Published applications
- 809
- Assignees
- 245
- Inventors
- 1,238
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 16 |
| 2007 | 0 | 11 |
| 2008 | 0 | 10 |
| 2009 | 6 | 13 |
| 2010 | 6 | 28 |
| 2011 | 7 | 17 |
| 2012 | 13 | 23 |
| 2013 | 8 | 29 |
| 2014 | 15 | 16 |
| 2015 | 25 | 26 |
| 2016 | 26 | 37 |
| 2017 | 26 | 34 |
| 2018 | 19 | 44 |
| 2019 | 30 | 68 |
| 2020 | 44 | 57 |
| 2021 | 49 | 59 |
| 2022 | 37 | 46 |
| 2023 | 50 | 39 |
| 2024 | 46 | 75 |
| 2025 | 58 | 85 |
| 2026 | 35 | 63 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Computer-aided vacuum thrombectomy systems and methods for estimating therapeutic benefit6 Oct 2026US 12,751,729 B1Penumbra, Inc.
- Marking device and implantation system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,094 B2SOMATEX MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES GmbH
- Computer-aided vacuum thrombectomy systems and methods for controlled clot aspiration22 Sep 2026US 12,740,793 B1Penumbra, Inc.
- Apparatus and methods for controlled clot aspiration8 Sep 2026US 12,727,897 B1Penumbra, Inc.
- Atherectomy catheters having movable beads25 Aug 2026US 12,714,457 B2Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Body lumen wall invagination8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306101 A1Append Medical Ltd.
- Cyclic aspiration system producing a cyclic aspiration pressure waveform having a fluid replenishment system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306118 A1Neuravi Limited
- Orbital Atherectomy Device with Exchangeable Burr System and Methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306127 A1Angiomed GmbH & Co. Medizintechnik KG
- Trocar for cleaning medical devices therein8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306134 A1Covidien LP
- Directional ablation device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294501 A1Corfigo, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Expandable tissue thickness compensator1,761US 9,301,753 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Tissue thickness compensator comprising a plurality of medicaments1,690US 9,211,120 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Tissue thickness compensator having improved visibility1,438US 9,198,662 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Tissue thickness compensator comprising capsules defining a low pressure environment1,437US 9,204,880 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Tissue thickness compensator and method for making the same1,346US 9,241,714 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016