A61F 2/2412
With soft flexible valve members
Official title: {with soft flexible valve members, e.g. tissue valves shaped like natural valves}
A61F2/2412 (With soft flexible valve members) appears on 4,992 US grants and 7,062 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 4,992
- Published applications
- 7,062
- Assignees
- 901
- Inventors
- 4,753
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 22 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 25 | 0 |
| 1999 | 25 | 0 |
| 2000 | 22 | 0 |
| 2001 | 30 | 16 |
| 2002 | 36 | 67 |
| 2003 | 37 | 79 |
| 2004 | 42 | 104 |
| 2005 | 32 | 134 |
| 2006 | 31 | 136 |
| 2007 | 38 | 114 |
| 2008 | 54 | 136 |
| 2009 | 53 | 126 |
| 2010 | 88 | 170 |
| 2011 | 85 | 190 |
| 2012 | 118 | 203 |
| 2013 | 149 | 221 |
| 2014 | 153 | 339 |
| 2015 | 189 | 274 |
| 2016 | 265 | 330 |
| 2017 | 271 | 416 |
| 2018 | 286 | 390 |
| 2019 | 404 | 467 |
| 2020 | 420 | 490 |
| 2021 | 353 | 475 |
| 2022 | 360 | 456 |
| 2023 | 342 | 453 |
| 2024 | 341 | 477 |
| 2025 | 345 | 468 |
| 2026 | 247 | 331 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Heart valve storage and shipping packaging6 Oct 2026US 12,751,811 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Mitral repair and replacement devices and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,815 B2Mitral Valve Technologies Sarl
- Heart valve manufacturing devices and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,816 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Valve frame for prosthetic tricuspid valve6 Oct 2026US 12,751,817 B2Sheba Impact Ltd.
- Systems and methods for heart valve leaflet repair6 Oct 2026US 12,751,818 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Methods and apparatus for plaque disruption8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306119 A1Elixir Medical Corporation
- Systems and methods for endoluminal valve creation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306131 A1InterVene, Inc.
- Platforms For Mitral and/or Tricuspid Valve Replacement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306253 A1Majoro Cardiac Innovations, LLC
- Stent features and methods to aid with apposition and alignment to native anatomy, mitigation of paravalvular leak and functional efficiency of prosthetic heart valve8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306254 A14C Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Atrioventricular Valve Modification Systems, Devices, and Methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306255 A1Evalve, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Valve prothesis for implantation in the body and a catheter for implanting such valve prothesis2,468US 5,411,552 A1995
- Artificial heart valve and method and device for implanting the same2,287US 5,855,601 AThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · 1999
- Percutaneous placement valve stent2,220US 5,957,949 AWorld Medical Manufacturing Corporation · 1999
- Endoluminal cardiac and venous valve prostheses and methods of manufacture and delivery thereof2,213US 6,458,153 B1ABPS Venture One, Ltd. · 2002
- Implantable prosthetic valve1,995US 6,730,118 B2Percutaneous Valve Technologies, Inc. · 2004