A61F 2/9525
Using a funnel
Official title: {using a funnel}
A61F2/9525 (Using a funnel) appears on 235 US grants and 276 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 235
- Published applications
- 276
- Assignees
- 90
- Inventors
- 502
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 8 |
| 2010 | 1 | 10 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12 |
| 2014 | 9 | 14 |
| 2015 | 12 | 11 |
| 2016 | 14 | 13 |
| 2017 | 9 | 12 |
| 2018 | 15 | 11 |
| 2019 | 13 | 16 |
| 2020 | 10 | 20 |
| 2021 | 15 | 25 |
| 2022 | 15 | 26 |
| 2023 | 20 | 21 |
| 2024 | 15 | 10 |
| 2025 | 16 | 24 |
| 2026 | 13 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Loading tool and method for loading a prosthesis6 Oct 2026US 12,751,845 B2Tricares SAS
- Loading apparatus for loading a prosthetic heart valve into a delivery apparatus11 Aug 2026US 12,702,552 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Valve delivery tool14 Jul 2026US 12,678,280 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for compressing/loading stent-valves30 Jun 2026US 12,667,455 B2Symetis SA
- Prosthetic heart valve packaging and attachment assembly9 Jun 2026US 12,648,840 B2Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for compressing/loading stent-valves24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283775 A1Symetis SA
- Systems, devices, and methods for expanding the diameter of the prostatic urethra23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207317 A1Zenflow, Inc.
- Heart valve deployment aid23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207331 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Loading system for a stent device23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207361 A1
- System & methods for compressing endovascular devices16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199111 A1Fluid Biomed Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Compressive stent and delivery system929US 4,830,003 A1989
- Non-migrating vascular prosthesis and minimally invasive placement system therefor793US 6,077,297 AC. R. Bard, Inc. · 2000
- Non-migrating vascular prosthesis and minimally invasive placement system674US 5,733,325 AC. R. Bard, Inc. · 1998
- Minimally-invasive heart valve with cusp positioners483US 7,399,315 B2Edwards Lifescience Corporation · 2008
- Implant deployment apparatus481US 6,352,561 B1W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · 2002