A61B 2017/22001
Angioplasty
Official title: {Angioplasty, e.g. PCTA}
A61B2017/22001 (Angioplasty) appears on 806 US grants and 770 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 806
- Published applications
- 770
- Assignees
- 287
- Inventors
- 1,097
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 16 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 28 | 5 |
| 2002 | 20 | 26 |
| 2003 | 30 | 36 |
| 2004 | 11 | 30 |
| 2005 | 11 | 24 |
| 2006 | 12 | 16 |
| 2007 | 13 | 20 |
| 2008 | 16 | 19 |
| 2009 | 12 | 32 |
| 2010 | 14 | 23 |
| 2011 | 16 | 23 |
| 2012 | 11 | 19 |
| 2013 | 18 | 15 |
| 2014 | 46 | 44 |
| 2015 | 26 | 45 |
| 2016 | 21 | 54 |
| 2017 | 34 | 42 |
| 2018 | 31 | 44 |
| 2019 | 46 | 44 |
| 2020 | 37 | 37 |
| 2021 | 35 | 39 |
| 2022 | 34 | 38 |
| 2023 | 31 | 23 |
| 2024 | 36 | 30 |
| 2025 | 21 | 20 |
| 2026 | 14 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Perfusion catheters and related methods29 Sep 2026US 12,746,374 B2Teleflex Life Sciences Limited
- Systems, methods and devices for progressively softening multi-compositional intravascular tissue15 Sep 2026US 12,733,948 B2Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
- Flexible tubular spring structure, and scoring balloon catheter equipped therewith8 Sep 2026US 12,728,239 B2Nu-Life Consulting Pte Ltd
- Wedge dissectors for a medical balloon25 Aug 2026US 12,714,836 B2Cagent Vascular, Inc.
- Lesion crossing shock wave catheter18 Aug 2026US 12,708,382 B2Shockwave Medical, Inc.
- Methods and apparatus for plaque disruption8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306119 A1Elixir Medical Corporation
- Embolic protection device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232332 A1MicroVention, Inc.
- Balloon catheter-assisted traversal of blood vessel obstructions6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224234 A1
- Guide Sheaths and Methods for Transeptally Delivering an Instrument to or Beyond the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract of a Subject6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224856 A1The Regents of the University of California
- Coronary artery bifurcation geometry measurement systems and methods6 Aug 2026US 2026/0228371 A1Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for surgical cutting2,184US 5,697,909 AArthroCare Corporation · 1997
- Microwave balloon angioplasty939US 5,057,106 AKasevich Associates, Inc. · 1991
- Methods and apparatus for ablation of luminal tissues931US 5,681,282 AArthroCare Corporation · 1997
- System and method for electrosurgical cutting and ablation912US 5,697,882 AArthroCare Corporation · 1997
- Heatable dilation catheter903US 4,709,698 A1987