A61B 2017/00942
Hydrophilic
Official title: {hydrophilic}
A61B2017/00942 (Hydrophilic) appears on 286 US grants and 480 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 286
- Published applications
- 480
- Assignees
- 166
- Inventors
- 730
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2016 | 18 | 35 |
| 2017 | 18 | 23 |
| 2018 | 21 | 31 |
| 2019 | 34 | 32 |
| 2020 | 20 | 39 |
| 2021 | 27 | 43 |
| 2022 | 24 | 36 |
| 2023 | 27 | 36 |
| 2024 | 31 | 37 |
| 2025 | 27 | 52 |
| 2026 | 12 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Biopsy site marker for limited migration18 Aug 2026US 12,708,480 B2Devicor Medical Products, Inc.
- Retrieve device and method for retrieving of tissue11 Aug 2026US 12,702,392 B2Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
- Systems and methods for tattoo removal using an applied electric field2 Jun 2026US 12,642,581 B2Clear Intradermal Technologies, Inc.
- Molecular imprinted biofunctional device19 May 2026US 12,629,063 B2
- Methods for postpartum uterine hemostasis5 May 2026US 12,616,503 B2ALC Medical Holdings LLC
- Embolization device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240547 A1Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.
- Systems and methods for delivering a composition20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241104 A1Contraline, Inc.
- Self-adjusting catheter23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207210 A1
- Thrombectomy device, system and method for extraction of vascular thrombi from a blood vessel23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207215 A1
- Surgical suturing instrument9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191524 A1
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 comprising a reservoir1,568US 9,232,941 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Tissue thickness compensator comprising a plurality of capsules1,503US 9,301,752 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Tissue stapler having a thickness compensator incorporating an oxygen generating agent1,468US 9,320,518 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016