A61F 2/9524
Iris-type crimpers
Official title: {Iris-type crimpers}
A61F2/9524 (Iris-type crimpers) appears on 183 US grants and 253 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 183
- Published applications
- 253
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 341
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 4 | 10 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3 |
| 2009 | 7 | 8 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 |
| 2011 | 7 | 12 |
| 2012 | 10 | 12 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10 |
| 2014 | 12 | 14 |
| 2015 | 13 | 15 |
| 2016 | 7 | 8 |
| 2017 | 11 | 6 |
| 2018 | 10 | 8 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 |
| 2020 | 4 | 8 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10 |
| 2022 | 10 | 12 |
| 2023 | 9 | 17 |
| 2024 | 13 | 21 |
| 2025 | 11 | 28 |
| 2026 | 8 | 14 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Iris-style crimpers for medical devices1 Sep 2026US 12,721,741 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Device and method of radially collapsing medical devices18 Aug 2026US 12,708,536 B2Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.
- Systems for dry tissue valves and methods of use thereof23 Jun 2026US 12,661,249 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Crimping devices and methods16 Jun 2026US 12,653,707 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Method for manufacturing stent delivery system19 May 2026US 12,629,269 B2Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Crimping method and crimping device for a tubular stent, and implantable device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294654 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Preparation of expandable prosthetic valve20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240647 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Procedure, instruments and crimper for crimping an implantable device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240670 A1INNOVHEART S.r.l.
- Crimper apparatus and methods of use13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232467 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Alignment device for a prosthetic implant2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183107 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Implantable prosthetic valve1,995US 6,730,118 B2Percutaneous Valve Technologies, Inc. · 2004
- Implantable prosthetic valve1,862US 6,893,460 B2Percutaneous Valve Technologies, Inc. · 2005
- Implantable prosthetic valve1,347US 7,510,575 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · 2009
- Implantable prosthetic valve1,007US 7,393,360 B2Edwards Lifesciences PVT, Inc. · 2008
- Radial stent crimper256US 6,769,161 B2SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2004