A61B 2017/22097
Valve removal in veins
Official title: {Valve removal in veins}
A61B2017/22097 (Valve removal in veins) appears on 178 US grants and 197 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 178
- Published applications
- 197
- Assignees
- 96
- Inventors
- 331
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 12 |
| 2005 | 1 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 6 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015 | 0 | 6 |
| 2016 | 7 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 9 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 6 | 13 |
| 2020 | 11 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 | 7 |
| 2022 | 5 | 11 |
| 2023 | 5 | 11 |
| 2024 | 9 | 17 |
| 2025 | 12 | 27 |
| 2026 | 7 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Transcatheter valve laceration device and method18 Aug 2026US 12,708,399 B2Pi-Cardia Ltd.
- Methods for targeting a body passage to effect fluid flow18 Aug 2026US 12,708,503 B2LimFlow GmbH
- Transapical removal device2 Jun 2026US 12,642,586 B2Evalve, Inc.
- Devices and methods for diverting blood flow from a first vessel7 Apr 2026US 12,594,075 B2Inari Medical, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for removing heart valve therapy10 Mar 2026US 12,569,274 B2AMX Technologies, LLC
- Vertically biased cutters with pulsating valve assemblies17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272488 A1Avantec Vascular Corporation
- Devices and methods for diverting blood flow from a first vessel20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240542 A1LimFlow GmbH
- Leaflet laceration device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240593 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Tissue perforation systems13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232340 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Heart valve tissue multi-blade cutting and scoring device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232341 A1Pi-Cardia Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endovascular aortic valve replacement1,735US 5,370,685 AStanford Surgical Technologies, Inc. · 1994
- Endovascular aortic valve replacement1,284US 5,545,214 AHeartport, Inc. · 1996
- Method and apparatus for in vivo heart valve decalcification1,130US 5,295,958 AShturman Cardiology Systems, Inc. · 1994
- Method and apparatus for in vivo heart valve decalcification1,026US 5,443,446 AShturman Cardiology Systems, Inc. · 1995
- System for cardiac procedures998US 5,584,803 AHeartport, Inc. · 1996