A61F 2002/91566
Connected trough to trough
Official title: {connected trough to trough}
A61F2002/91566 (Connected trough to trough) appears on 335 US grants and 436 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 335
- Published applications
- 436
- Assignees
- 135
- Inventors
- 493
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 4 |
| 2002 | 7 | 18 |
| 2003 | 18 | 12 |
| 2004 | 6 | 20 |
| 2005 | 8 | 19 |
| 2006 | 3 | 11 |
| 2007 | 5 | 20 |
| 2008 | 4 | 22 |
| 2009 | 14 | 13 |
| 2010 | 13 | 17 |
| 2011 | 15 | 21 |
| 2012 | 11 | 21 |
| 2013 | 17 | 26 |
| 2014 | 20 | 27 |
| 2015 | 17 | 24 |
| 2016 | 22 | 27 |
| 2017 | 28 | 24 |
| 2018 | 17 | 21 |
| 2019 | 16 | 12 |
| 2020 | 13 | 15 |
| 2021 | 9 | 11 |
| 2022 | 11 | 16 |
| 2023 | 5 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 13 |
| 2025 | 8 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Uncaging stent6 Oct 2026US 12,751,844 B2Elixir Medical Corporation
- Balloon expanded polymer stent9 Jun 2026US 12,648,865 B2Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
- Bidirectional stent and method of use thereof5 May 2026US 12,616,592 B2Q3 Medical Devices Limited
- Uncaging stent14 Apr 2026US 12,599,490 B2Elixir Medical Corporation
- Intravascular device for anchoring a graft to tissue24 Feb 2026US 12,558,100 B2Endoron Medical Ltd.
- Balloon expandable polymer stent17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272686 A1Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
- Methods of intracerebral implant delivery13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232470 A1Route 92 Medical, Inc.
- Intravascular device for anchoring an implantable device to tissue2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182993 A1Endoron Medical Ltd.
- Self expanding stent and method of loading same into a catheter30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115023 A1Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- Stents5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060825 A1Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Expandable stent forming projecting barbs and method for deploying721US 5,591,197 AAdvanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 1997
- Compound stent603US 5,817,126 ASurface Genesis, Inc. · 1998
- Radially expandable stent461US 6,231,598 B1Cook Incorporated · 2001
- Radially expandable non-axially contracting surgical stent438US 6,042,606 ACook Incorporated · 2000
- Surgical stent featuring radiopaque markers431US 5,741,327 AGlobal Therapeutics, Inc. · 1998