A61B 2017/22051
With an inflatable part
Official title: {with an inflatable part, e.g. balloon, for positioning, blocking, or immobilisation (A61B2017/22048, A61B2017/3486 take precedence)}
A61B2017/22051 (With an inflatable part) appears on 3,237 US grants and 3,980 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 3,237
- Published applications
- 3,980
- Assignees
- 994
- Inventors
- 4,382
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
| 1991 | 23 | 0 |
| 1992 | 23 | 0 |
| 1993 | 40 | 0 |
| 1994 | 32 | 0 |
| 1995 | 38 | 0 |
| 1996 | 33 | 0 |
| 1997 | 36 | 0 |
| 1998 | 57 | 0 |
| 1999 | 62 | 0 |
| 2000 | 62 | 0 |
| 2001 | 62 | 34 |
| 2002 | 68 | 134 |
| 2003 | 101 | 147 |
| 2004 | 70 | 162 |
| 2005 | 59 | 161 |
| 2006 | 49 | 130 |
| 2007 | 58 | 130 |
| 2008 | 48 | 120 |
| 2009 | 52 | 155 |
| 2010 | 94 | 137 |
| 2011 | 119 | 141 |
| 2012 | 94 | 157 |
| 2013 | 152 | 163 |
| 2014 | 155 | 200 |
| 2015 | 124 | 166 |
| 2016 | 133 | 181 |
| 2017 | 121 | 166 |
| 2018 | 100 | 159 |
| 2019 | 210 | 200 |
| 2020 | 157 | 184 |
| 2021 | 133 | 159 |
| 2022 | 130 | 162 |
| 2023 | 122 | 149 |
| 2024 | 130 | 155 |
| 2025 | 137 | 192 |
| 2026 | 91 | 136 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 2017/22065Functions of balloonsIndexing code1,601
- A61B 2017/22061For spreading elements apartIndexing code553
- A61B 2017/22062To be filled with liquidIndexing code398
- A61B 2017/22054With two balloonsIndexing code396
- A61B 2017/22052EccentricIndexing code132
- A61B 2017/22055With three or more balloonsIndexing code74
- A61B 2017/22057Optical propertiesIndexing code73
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