A61B 2017/22065
Functions of balloons
Official title: {Functions of balloons}
A61B2017/22065 (Functions of balloons) appears on 1,601 US grants and 2,199 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,601
- Published applications
- 2,199
- Assignees
- 590
- Inventors
- 2,584
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 30 | 17 |
| 2002 | 32 | 78 |
| 2003 | 52 | 66 |
| 2004 | 31 | 57 |
| 2005 | 25 | 81 |
| 2006 | 21 | 72 |
| 2007 | 25 | 63 |
| 2008 | 22 | 62 |
| 2009 | 27 | 69 |
| 2010 | 45 | 73 |
| 2011 | 62 | 74 |
| 2012 | 45 | 85 |
| 2013 | 72 | 73 |
| 2014 | 85 | 115 |
| 2015 | 70 | 102 |
| 2016 | 74 | 114 |
| 2017 | 66 | 103 |
| 2018 | 65 | 95 |
| 2019 | 127 | 130 |
| 2020 | 92 | 101 |
| 2021 | 76 | 101 |
| 2022 | 85 | 98 |
| 2023 | 69 | 80 |
| 2024 | 81 | 101 |
| 2025 | 81 | 121 |
| 2026 | 51 | 68 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Lesion crossing shock wave catheter18 Aug 2026US 12,708,382 B2Shockwave Medical, Inc.
- System for treating occlusions in body lumens18 Aug 2026US 12,708,384 B2Shockwave Medical, Inc.
- Systems and methods for endoluminal valve creation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306131 A1InterVene, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for penetrating chronical total occlusions (ctos) in arteries1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294451 A1Physical Sciences, Inc.
- Intravascular devices and systems with energy wave detection17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272484 A1Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
- Aspiration catheter systems10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263089 A1Elixir Medical Corporation
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods thereof10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263099 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
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- Atherectomy device having trapping and excising means for removal of plaque from the aorta and other arteries1,177US 5,662,671 AEmbol-X, Inc. · 1997
- Surgical stapler1,171US 8,590,760 B2Abbott Vascular Inc. · 2013
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