A61B 2017/22094
For crossing total occlusions, i.e. piercing
Official title: {for crossing total occlusions, i.e. piercing}
A61B2017/22094 (For crossing total occlusions, i.e. piercing) appears on 776 US grants and 1,120 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Neurovascular clot retrieving system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,736 B2Cerebrova KP Medical, Inc.
- Perfusion catheters and related methods29 Sep 2026US 12,746,374 B2Teleflex Life Sciences Limited
- Magnetically driven crossing tools for arterial and venous occlusions8 Sep 2026US 12,727,896 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- 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.
- Method and apparatus for penetrating chronical total occlusions (ctos) in arteries1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294451 A1Physical Sciences, Inc.
- Rotary debulking atherectomy device with a crossing balloon24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283641 A1Cordis US Corp.
- Methods and systems for treatment of acute ischemic stroke17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272483 A1Route 92 Medical, Inc.
- Systems and methods for removing undesirable material within a circulatory system during a surgical procedure10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263094 A1AngioDynamics, Inc.
- Retrieval systems and methods for use thereof10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263100 A1Covidien LP
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for bypassing arterial obstructions and/or performing other transvascular procedures1,703US 6,190,353 B1TransVascular, Inc. · 2001
- Atherectomy devices, systems, and methods1,065US 9,492,192 B2Atheromed, Inc. · 2016
- Apparatus and methods for low-cost intravascular ultrasound imaging and for crossing severe vascular occlusions1,025US 9,474,506 B2Volcano Corporation · 2016
- Guide wire system for RF recanalization of vascular blockages867US 6,210,408 B1SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2001
- Expansible shearing catheters for thrombus removal634US 6,652,548 B2Bacchus Vascular, Inc. · 2003