A61F 2/042
Urinary bladders
Official title: {Urinary bladders}
A61F2/042 (Urinary bladders) appears on 177 US grants and 222 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 177
- Published applications
- 222
- Assignees
- 88
- Inventors
- 306
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 10 |
| 2010 | 4 | 6 |
| 2011 | 4 | 9 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 15 |
| 2014 | 17 | 15 |
| 2015 | 10 | 16 |
| 2016 | 9 | 6 |
| 2017 | 12 | 16 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12 |
| 2019 | 12 | 9 |
| 2020 | 9 | 15 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7 |
| 2022 | 5 | 17 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 |
| 2025 | 4 | 11 |
| 2026 | 8 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Artificial bladder system15 Sep 2026US 12,734,025 B2
- Dilating device and method for prostatic urethra18 Aug 2026US 12,708,501 B2
- Fully implanted aphereter/dialyzers for intracorporeal blood purification18 Aug 2026US 12,708,703 B2
- Artificial bladder system28 Jul 2026US 12,690,959 B2
- Artificial bladder system having dual space divided by partition and wireless, non-powered urine fullness sensor using RFID technology23 Jun 2026US 12,661,214 B2Chung Ang University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
- Methods for deployment of an implant23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207318 A1Zenflow, Inc.
- Ureteral stent for placement in a kidney and bladder16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199078 A1Unversity Hospitals Health Systems, Inc.
- Drug Delivery Device with Intravesical Tolerability18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166288 A1TARIS Biomedical LLC
- Artificial bladder28 May 2026US 2026/0144626 A1
- Implant12 Mar 2026US 2026/0069840 A1Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bistable spring construction for a stent and other medical apparatus503US 6,488,702 B1Jomed GmbH · 2002
- Tissue injectable composition and method of use243US 5,451,406 AAdvanced UroScience, Inc. · 1995
- Devices and methods for attenuation of pressure waves in the body152US 6,682,473 B1Solace Therapeutics, Inc. · 2004
- Implantable self-inflating attenuation device137US 6,988,983 B2Solace Therapeutics, Inc. · 2006
- Acellular matrix grafts: preparation and use122US 6,371,992 B1The Regents of the University of California · 2002