A61B 5/6882
Anchoring means
Official title: {Anchoring means}
A61B5/6882 (Anchoring means) appears on 448 US grants and 675 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 448
- Published applications
- 675
- Assignees
- 269
- Inventors
- 1,069
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2001 | 7 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 15 |
| 2003 | 8 | 12 |
| 2004 | 6 | 25 |
| 2005 | 5 | 30 |
| 2006 | 14 | 34 |
| 2007 | 11 | 29 |
| 2008 | 8 | 30 |
| 2009 | 16 | 32 |
| 2010 | 17 | 25 |
| 2011 | 23 | 19 |
| 2012 | 22 | 32 |
| 2013 | 27 | 27 |
| 2014 | 14 | 19 |
| 2015 | 21 | 29 |
| 2016 | 23 | 15 |
| 2017 | 18 | 22 |
| 2018 | 14 | 26 |
| 2019 | 21 | 40 |
| 2020 | 12 | 29 |
| 2021 | 27 | 35 |
| 2022 | 16 | 26 |
| 2023 | 24 | 46 |
| 2024 | 24 | 41 |
| 2025 | 18 | 23 |
| 2026 | 23 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Occlusion device with sensing functionality29 Sep 2026US 12,745,931 B2Canary Medical Switzerland AG
- Shunt implant devices with over-channel sensor arms22 Sep 2026US 12,740,717 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Wireless heart pressure sensor system and method8 Sep 2026US 12,727,771 B2W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Closed-loop control of heart failure interventional therapy1 Sep 2026US 12,721,590 B2Foundry Innovation & Research 1, Ltd.
- Pressure sensor, anchor, delivery system and method25 Aug 2026US 12,714,319 B2Endotronix, Inc.
- Intraocular physiological sensor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294264 A1Glaukos Corporation
- Biological monitoring device23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207143 A1Seiko Group Corporation
- Devices and methods for repairing damage to a tissue2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183538 A1BioCircuit Technologies, Inc.
- Microelectrical stimulation system for regulating uterine contraction and control method thereof25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175016 A14P Lab Co., Ltd.
- Leadless implantable medical devices18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166327 A1Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gastric treatment and diagnosis device and method1,899US 6,535,764 B2IntraPace, Inc. · 2003
- Insertable device and system for minimal access procedure1,731US 7,066,879 B2The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · 2006
- Optimized sensor geometry for an implantable glucose sensor1,306US 7,134,999 B2DexCom, Inc. · 2006
- Fetal pulse oximetry sensor1,242US 6,285,896 B1Masimo Corporation · 2001
- Implantable monitoring probe935US 6,689,056 B1Medtronic Endonetics, Inc. · 2004