A61F 2/91
Made from perforated sheets or tubes
Official title: made from perforated sheets or tubes, e.g. perforated by laser cuts or etched holes
A61F2/91 (Made from perforated sheets or tubes) appears on 4,141 US grants and 5,569 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 4,141
- Published applications
- 5,569
- Assignees
- 976
- Inventors
- 4,636
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 32 | 0 |
| 1998 | 61 | 0 |
| 1999 | 69 | 0 |
| 2000 | 88 | 0 |
| 2001 | 112 | 71 |
| 2002 | 117 | 217 |
| 2003 | 158 | 235 |
| 2004 | 120 | 312 |
| 2005 | 106 | 279 |
| 2006 | 99 | 300 |
| 2007 | 103 | 325 |
| 2008 | 93 | 337 |
| 2009 | 99 | 264 |
| 2010 | 195 | 258 |
| 2011 | 217 | 260 |
| 2012 | 214 | 257 |
| 2013 | 219 | 240 |
| 2014 | 253 | 297 |
| 2015 | 189 | 176 |
| 2016 | 212 | 224 |
| 2017 | 204 | 224 |
| 2018 | 158 | 208 |
| 2019 | 203 | 178 |
| 2020 | 175 | 194 |
| 2021 | 133 | 138 |
| 2022 | 124 | 130 |
| 2023 | 110 | 134 |
| 2024 | 85 | 120 |
| 2025 | 93 | 115 |
| 2026 | 63 | 76 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Uncaging stent6 Oct 2026US 12,751,844 B2Elixir Medical Corporation
- Controlled tubing expansion and surface engineering6 Oct 2026US 12,752,470 B1Zeus Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for making encapsulated hourglass shaped stents29 Sep 2026US 12,746,110 B2V-Wave Ltd.
- Implantable expandable structures for treating small vessels29 Sep 2026US 12,746,136 B2Covidien LP
- Stent system deployment apparatus for bifurcated lesion15 Sep 2026US 12,734,054 B2
- End to end anastomotic connector24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283617 A1Phraxis, Inc.
- Stent for luminal tissues17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272684 A1Meril Healthcare Pvt Ltd
- Scaffolds having a radiopaque marker and methods for attaching a marker to a scaffold17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272685 A1Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
- Balloon expandable polymer stent17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272686 A1Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
- Implantable objects fabricated by additive manufacturing and methods of fabricating the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273626 A1Flex Memory Ventures Pty Ltd
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
- Drug releasing anastomosis devices and methods for treating anastomotic sites1,779US 7,108,701 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2006
- Endoprosthesis for repairing a damaged vessel1,749US 4,878,906 AServetus Partnership · 1989
- Expandable intraluminal graft, and method and apparatus for implanting an expandable intraluminal graft1,586US 4,776,337 AExpandable Grafts Partnership · 1988
- Rolled minimally-invasive heart valves and methods of use1,511US 6,733,525 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · 2004