A61F 2/97
The outer sleeve being splittable
Official title: the outer sleeve being splittable
A61F2/97 (The outer sleeve being splittable) appears on 435 US grants and 546 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 435
- Published applications
- 546
- Assignees
- 126
- Inventors
- 691
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 9 | 10 |
| 2003 | 9 | 8 |
| 2004 | 6 | 13 |
| 2005 | 5 | 22 |
| 2006 | 5 | 14 |
| 2007 | 3 | 12 |
| 2008 | 7 | 21 |
| 2009 | 3 | 20 |
| 2010 | 12 | 19 |
| 2011 | 8 | 20 |
| 2012 | 13 | 22 |
| 2013 | 12 | 27 |
| 2014 | 22 | 33 |
| 2015 | 26 | 32 |
| 2016 | 29 | 30 |
| 2017 | 30 | 33 |
| 2018 | 23 | 20 |
| 2019 | 29 | 38 |
| 2020 | 30 | 31 |
| 2021 | 22 | 13 |
| 2022 | 22 | 30 |
| 2023 | 22 | 25 |
| 2024 | 22 | 19 |
| 2025 | 14 | 15 |
| 2026 | 19 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Modular handle comprising a trigger wire actuation mechanism for a prosthesis delivery device22 Sep 2026US 12,740,879 B2Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- Stent, stent kit, and stent delivery system25 Aug 2026US 12,714,585 B2Shanghai Flowdynamics Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
- External steerable fiber for use in endoluminal deployment of expandable devices18 Aug 2026US 12,708,504 B2W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Delivery system aid and associated systems and methods18 Aug 2026US 12,708,537 B2W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Sleeve pull back mechanism11 Aug 2026US 12,702,574 B2W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Delivery sleeves for multi branch expandable medical devices17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272688 A1W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Partially connected sleeve for an endoluminal device having an unconnected portion for portal access of an implantable device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272689 A1W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Handle for stent delivery system10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263247 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Apparatus and method of placement of a graft or graft system10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263248 A1Endologix, Inc.
- Constraining mechanisms for selective deployment and associated methods3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256608 A1W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and methods for placement and repositioning of intraluminal prostheses1,167US 5,824,041 AMedtronic, Inc. · 1998
- Catheter sheath for implant delivery1,117US 9,060,894 B2C. R. Bard, Inc. · 2015
- Expandable transluminal graft prosthesis for repair of aneurysm874US 5,387,235 ACook Incorporated · 1995
- Medial region deployment of radially self-expanding stents859US 5,201,757 ASchneider (USA) Inc. · 1993
- Apparatus and methods for deployment release of intraluminal prostheses858US 5,683,451 ACardiovascular Concepts, Inc. · 1997