A61F 2002/046
Tracheae
Official title: {Tracheae}
A61F2002/046 (Tracheae) appears on 115 US grants and 186 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 115
- Published applications
- 186
- Assignees
- 107
- Inventors
- 347
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 8 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 6 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 7 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 7 | 6 |
| 2013 | 4 | 8 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11 |
| 2015 | 8 | 16 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13 |
| 2017 | 9 | 12 |
| 2018 | 6 | 4 |
| 2019 | 9 | 11 |
| 2020 | 8 | 12 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 | 14 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 9 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Silicone stent, implantation system, and manufacturing method8 Sep 2026US 12,727,985 B2Micro-Tech (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.
- Stent including anchoring members3 Feb 2026US 12,539,207 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Kirigami-inspired stents for sustained local delivery of therapeutics16 Dec 2025US 12,496,200 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Enhanced stock stents based on population modeling of tubular anatomical structures2 Dec 2025US 12,488,534 B2The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Tubular prostheses18 Nov 2025US 12,472,057 B2Humacyte, Inc.
- Plastically Deformable, Mechanically Strong, and Degradable Polymeric Airway Stents16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199077 A1Regents of the University of Minnesota
- Cure for Thyroid Cancer18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166129 A1
- Sensory artificial cilia for in situ monitoring of airway physiological properties26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083348 A1Vanderbilt University
- Devices, systems, and methods for treating airway collapse26 Feb 2026US 2026/0053648 A1Apreo Health, Inc.
- Endoscopic printhead for bioprinting29 Jan 2026US 2026/0026926 A1The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/Mcgill University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoluminal prostheses and therapies for highly variable body lumens609US 5,824,040 AMedtronic, Inc. · 1998
- Medical stents for body lumens exhibiting peristaltic motion410US 5,662,713 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1997
- Endoluminal prostheses and therapies for highly variable body lumens218US 6,283,991 B1Medtronics, Inc. · 2001
- Medical stents for body lumens exhibiting peristaltic motion207US 6,146,416 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 2000
- Method of making a product with a micro or nano sized structure and product158US 7,531,120 B2Aquamarijn Holding B.V. · 2009