A61F 2/9522
Means for mounting a stent or stent-graft onto or into a placement
Official title: {Means for mounting a stent or stent-graft onto or into a placement instrument}
A61F2/9522 (Means for mounting a stent or stent-graft onto or into a placement) appears on 1,219 US grants and 1,516 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,219
- Published applications
- 1,516
- Assignees
- 288
- Inventors
- 1,749
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 16 | 0 |
| 1999 | 27 | 0 |
| 2000 | 30 | 0 |
| 2001 | 23 | 9 |
| 2002 | 18 | 24 |
| 2003 | 12 | 22 |
| 2004 | 21 | 29 |
| 2005 | 18 | 31 |
| 2006 | 7 | 31 |
| 2007 | 7 | 50 |
| 2008 | 13 | 45 |
| 2009 | 13 | 49 |
| 2010 | 26 | 55 |
| 2011 | 33 | 48 |
| 2012 | 55 | 64 |
| 2013 | 49 | 82 |
| 2014 | 60 | 94 |
| 2015 | 75 | 78 |
| 2016 | 77 | 75 |
| 2017 | 67 | 66 |
| 2018 | 55 | 64 |
| 2019 | 75 | 68 |
| 2020 | 61 | 79 |
| 2021 | 62 | 94 |
| 2022 | 59 | 81 |
| 2023 | 73 | 80 |
| 2024 | 70 | 73 |
| 2025 | 59 | 81 |
| 2026 | 44 | 44 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Mechanical guides for preferential leaflet folding during crimping6 Oct 2026US 12,751,823 B2Medtronic, 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.
- Loading tool and method for loading a prosthesis6 Oct 2026US 12,751,845 B2Tricares SAS
- Tension member routing elements in transcatheter stented prosthesis tensioning system22 Sep 2026US 12,740,861 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Modular handle comprising a trigger wire actuation mechanism for a prosthesis delivery device22 Sep 2026US 12,740,879 B2Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- 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
- Method and apparatus for compressing/loading stent-valves24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283775 A1Symetis SA
- Balloon expandable polymer stent17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272686 A1Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Implantable prosthetic valve1,862US 6,893,460 B2Percutaneous Valve Technologies, Inc. · 2005
- Endoluminal cardiac and venous valve prostheses and methods of manufacture and delivery thereof1,526US 6,652,578 B2ABPS Venture One, Ltd. · 2003
- Implantable prosthetic valve1,347US 7,510,575 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · 2009