A61F 2/958
Inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts
A61F2/958 (Inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts) appears on 3,376 US grants and 3,723 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 3,376
- Published applications
- 3,723
- Assignees
- 792
- Inventors
- 3,908
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 16 | 0 |
| 1994 | 26 | 0 |
| 1995 | 28 | 0 |
| 1996 | 45 | 0 |
| 1997 | 95 | 0 |
| 1998 | 150 | 0 |
| 1999 | 108 | 0 |
| 2000 | 138 | 0 |
| 2001 | 130 | 70 |
| 2002 | 115 | 147 |
| 2003 | 133 | 144 |
| 2004 | 94 | 176 |
| 2005 | 70 | 154 |
| 2006 | 69 | 166 |
| 2007 | 48 | 188 |
| 2008 | 46 | 173 |
| 2009 | 47 | 136 |
| 2010 | 104 | 174 |
| 2011 | 115 | 154 |
| 2012 | 131 | 153 |
| 2013 | 122 | 147 |
| 2014 | 146 | 183 |
| 2015 | 132 | 167 |
| 2016 | 129 | 133 |
| 2017 | 165 | 155 |
| 2018 | 117 | 160 |
| 2019 | 135 | 132 |
| 2020 | 137 | 162 |
| 2021 | 109 | 121 |
| 2022 | 97 | 116 |
| 2023 | 93 | 127 |
| 2024 | 104 | 118 |
| 2025 | 76 | 100 |
| 2026 | 59 | 67 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for restoring blood vessel patency6 Oct 2026US 12,751,730 B2Covidien LP
- Bifurcated dual-balloon catheter system for bifurcated vessels6 Oct 2026US 12,751,843 B2
- Aortic arch repair systems, devices and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,846 B2Octin Health, Inc.
- Systems and methods for making encapsulated hourglass shaped stents29 Sep 2026US 12,746,110 B2V-Wave Ltd.
- Conformable balloon devices and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,746,376 B2W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Crimping method and crimping device for a tubular stent, and implantable device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294654 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Device for treating bifurcated blood vessels1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294656 A1Bentley InnoMed GmbH
- Stent alignment during treatment of a bifurcation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294657 A1Advanced Bifurcation Systems Inc.
- Method and apparatus for compressing/loading stent-valves24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283775 A1Symetis SA
- Systems and Methods for an Endoluminal Prosthesis having a Constrictive Sleeve Member24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283779 A1Angiomed GmbH & Co. Medizintechnik KG
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
- Endoluminal cardiac and venous valve prostheses and methods of manufacture and delivery thereof2,213US 6,458,153 B1ABPS Venture One, Ltd. · 2002
- Dilating and support apparatus with disease inhibitors and methods for use1,862US 6,450,989 B2Artemis Medical, Inc. · 2002
- Drug releasing anastomosis devices and methods for treating anastomotic sites1,779US 7,108,701 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2006