A61F 2/06
Blood vessels
A61F2/06 (Blood vessels) appears on 6,960 US grants and 8,407 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 6,960
- Published applications
- 8,407
- Assignees
- 1,839
- Inventors
- 8,282
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 17 | 0 |
| 1986 | 19 | 0 |
| 1987 | 23 | 0 |
| 1988 | 35 | 0 |
| 1989 | 30 | 0 |
| 1990 | 31 | 0 |
| 1991 | 23 | 0 |
| 1992 | 34 | 0 |
| 1993 | 35 | 0 |
| 1994 | 50 | 0 |
| 1995 | 69 | 0 |
| 1996 | 64 | 0 |
| 1997 | 131 | 0 |
| 1998 | 180 | 0 |
| 1999 | 145 | 0 |
| 2000 | 173 | 0 |
| 2001 | 201 | 105 |
| 2002 | 194 | 272 |
| 2003 | 202 | 307 |
| 2004 | 161 | 374 |
| 2005 | 127 | 326 |
| 2006 | 156 | 344 |
| 2007 | 107 | 339 |
| 2008 | 105 | 314 |
| 2009 | 109 | 292 |
| 2010 | 203 | 346 |
| 2011 | 216 | 292 |
| 2012 | 241 | 311 |
| 2013 | 233 | 386 |
| 2014 | 326 | 396 |
| 2015 | 271 | 326 |
| 2016 | 293 | 333 |
| 2017 | 326 | 377 |
| 2018 | 294 | 389 |
| 2019 | 318 | 391 |
| 2020 | 348 | 420 |
| 2021 | 287 | 323 |
| 2022 | 267 | 350 |
| 2023 | 233 | 311 |
| 2024 | 246 | 293 |
| 2025 | 238 | 337 |
| 2026 | 127 | 153 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61F 2/07Stent-grafts4,410
- A61F 2002/065Y-shaped blood vesselsIndexing code1,724
- A61F 2002/061Provided with means for allowing access to secondary lumensIndexing code994
- A61F 2/064With special features to facilitate anastomotic coupling789
- A61F 2002/068Modifying the blood flow modelIndexing code499
- A61F 2/062Apparatus for the production of blood vessels made from natural tissue or252
Recent patents
- Medical device for introducing into a bodily hollow viscus, medical set, and production method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,812 B2Acandis GmbH & Co. KG
- Uncaging stent6 Oct 2026US 12,751,844 B2Elixir Medical Corporation
- Aortic arch repair systems, devices and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,846 B2Octin Health, Inc.
- Vascular graft system and a method of processing an arterial pressure pulse trace29 Sep 2026US 12,745,961 B2City University of Hong Kong
- Systems and methods for making encapsulated hourglass shaped stents29 Sep 2026US 12,746,110 B2V-Wave Ltd.
- Systems and methods for endoluminal valve creation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306131 A1InterVene, Inc.
- Percutaneous potts shunt devices and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306241 A1Transmural Systems LLC
- Branch Artery Reconstruction Assist Device and S-C Branch-First Aortic Reconstruction System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306242 A1Apt Medical Inc.
- Stent graft having fenestration part8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306243 A1Ribs, Inc.
- Prophylactic system and support structure for an aneurysm8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306244 A1Life Seal Vascular, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Expandable intraluminal graft, and method and apparatus for implanting an expandable intraluminal graft3,751US 4,733,665 AExpandable Grafts Partnership · 1988
- Prosthesis comprising an expansible or contractile tubular body2,717US 4,655,771 AShepherd Patents S.A. · 1987
- Medical devices incorporating sim alloy elements2,338US 4,665,906 ARaychem Corporation · 1987
- Surgical stapling instrument2,273US 5,732,872 AHeartport, Inc. · 1998
- Percutaneous placement valve stent2,220US 5,957,949 AWorld Medical Manufacturing Corporation · 1999