A61F 2002/91583
By a bridge, whereby at least one of its ends is connected
Official title: {by a bridge, whereby at least one of its ends is connected along the length of a strut between two consecutive apices within a band}
A61F2002/91583 (By a bridge, whereby at least one of its ends is connected) appears on 370 US grants and 534 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 370
- Published applications
- 534
- Assignees
- 134
- Inventors
- 497
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 8 |
| 2002 | 10 | 23 |
| 2003 | 10 | 21 |
| 2004 | 12 | 25 |
| 2005 | 6 | 16 |
| 2006 | 11 | 23 |
| 2007 | 7 | 20 |
| 2008 | 7 | 33 |
| 2009 | 6 | 21 |
| 2010 | 18 | 22 |
| 2011 | 17 | 21 |
| 2012 | 15 | 37 |
| 2013 | 23 | 28 |
| 2014 | 28 | 23 |
| 2015 | 14 | 19 |
| 2016 | 31 | 31 |
| 2017 | 22 | 49 |
| 2018 | 10 | 20 |
| 2019 | 34 | 24 |
| 2020 | 23 | 18 |
| 2021 | 18 | 12 |
| 2022 | 9 | 12 |
| 2023 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 | 6 |
| 2025 | 8 | 10 |
| 2026 | 3 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical stents, apparatus and method for making same596US 5,776,161 AInStent Inc. · 1998
- Radially expandable stent461US 6,231,598 B1Cook Incorporated · 2001
- Extendible stent apparatus441US 6,210,429 B1Advanced Stent Technologies, Inc. · 2001
- Helical stent having improved flexibility and expandability405US 6,878,162 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · 2005
- Radially expandable stent387US 6,464,720 B2Cook Incorporated · 2002