A61F 2/94
Stents retaining their form, i.e. not being deformable, after placement in the
Official title: Stents retaining their form, i.e. not being deformable, after placement in the predetermined place
A61F2/94 (Stents retaining their form, i.e. not being deformable, after placement in the) appears on 389 US grants and 437 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 437
- Assignees
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Devices, systems, and methods for extracting a ureteral stent29 Sep 2026US 12,746,137 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Schlemm's canal drug eluting device and method26 May 2026US 12,636,184 B2Alcon Inc.
- Biliary stent14 Apr 2026US 12,599,491 B2BVW Holding AG
- Intracranial stent and method for intracranial stent17 Mar 2026US 12,575,953 B2Ceroflo Limited
- System comprising an applicator and a stent for a Eustachian tube6 Jan 2026US 12,514,754 B2Bess Pro GmbH
- Schlemm's canal drug eluting device and method10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263269 A1Alcon Inc.
- Intracranial stent and method for intracranial stent25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174572 A1Ceroflo Limited
- Layered medical appliances and methods30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114986 A1Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
- Plastic stent23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108711 A1UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University
- Composite positive and negative poisson's ratio materials for medical devices19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048182 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Expandable polymeric stent with memory and delivery apparatus and method837US 5,163,952 A1992
- Mold apparatus and kit for in situ tissue repair723US 6,443,988 B1Disc Dynamics, Inc. · 2002
- Intravascular hydrogel implant665US 5,258,042 AHenry Ford Health System · 1993
- Apparatus for treatment of ischemic heart disease by providing transvenous myocardial perfusion614US 5,824,071 ACirculation, Inc. · 1998
- Methods and apparatus for conformably sealing prostheses within body lumens529US 5,769,882 AMedtronic, Inc. · 1998