A61F 2/95
Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts
A61F2/95 (Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts) appears on 8,664 US grants and 10,871 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 8,664
- Published applications
- 10,871
- Assignees
- 1,656
- Inventors
- 9,204
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 18 | 0 |
| 1992 | 28 | 0 |
| 1993 | 32 | 0 |
| 1994 | 38 | 0 |
| 1995 | 47 | 0 |
| 1996 | 58 | 0 |
| 1997 | 140 | 0 |
| 1998 | 201 | 0 |
| 1999 | 165 | 0 |
| 2000 | 221 | 0 |
| 2001 | 218 | 104 |
| 2002 | 182 | 248 |
| 2003 | 218 | 260 |
| 2004 | 163 | 323 |
| 2005 | 127 | 329 |
| 2006 | 123 | 346 |
| 2007 | 99 | 415 |
| 2008 | 93 | 365 |
| 2009 | 114 | 363 |
| 2010 | 231 | 403 |
| 2011 | 261 | 374 |
| 2012 | 294 | 443 |
| 2013 | 324 | 413 |
| 2014 | 371 | 572 |
| 2015 | 383 | 440 |
| 2016 | 417 | 488 |
| 2017 | 441 | 497 |
| 2018 | 387 | 531 |
| 2019 | 505 | 541 |
| 2020 | 482 | 559 |
| 2021 | 418 | 523 |
| 2022 | 399 | 506 |
| 2023 | 393 | 517 |
| 2024 | 404 | 513 |
| 2025 | 364 | 473 |
| 2026 | 258 | 325 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61F 2/958Inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts3,376
- A61F 2/962Having an outer sleeve2,938
- A61F 2/9517Handle assemblies therefor1,543
- A61F 2002/9505Having retaining means other than an outer sleeveIndexing code1,494
- A61F 2/954For placing stents or stent-grafts in a bifurcation1,333
- A61F 2/9522Means for mounting a stent or stent-graft onto or into a placement1,219
- A61F 2002/9528For retrieval of stentsIndexing code546
- A61F 2002/9534For repositioning of stentsIndexing code508
Recent patents
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- Mechanical guides for preferential leaflet folding during crimping6 Oct 2026US 12,751,823 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Rotational detachable outer catheter6 Oct 2026US 12,751,824 B2Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc.
- Heart valve prosthesis delivery system and method for delivery of heart valve prosthesis with introducer sheath6 Oct 2026US 12,751,825 B2JenaValve Technology, Inc.
- Implantable devices and methods to treat benign prostate hyperplasia (bph) and associated lower urinary tract symptoms (luts)8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305930 A1Prodeon Medical Corporation
- Venous embolic protection filter8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306239 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Method for inhibiting damage of leaflets when reducing a profile of a vascular prosthesis8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306286 A1MiRus LLC
- Crimping method and crimping device for a tubular stent, and implantable device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294654 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Docking station for prosthetic implant1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294655 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
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
- 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