A61F 2002/9505
Having retaining means other than an outer sleeve
Official title: {having retaining means other than an outer sleeve, e.g. male-female connector between stent and instrument}
A61F2002/9505 (Having retaining means other than an outer sleeve) appears on 1,494 US grants and 1,892 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,494
- Published applications
- 1,892
- Assignees
- 377
- Inventors
- 2,120
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 32 | 12 |
| 2002 | 31 | 40 |
| 2003 | 32 | 36 |
| 2004 | 18 | 43 |
| 2005 | 14 | 55 |
| 2006 | 17 | 54 |
| 2007 | 14 | 64 |
| 2008 | 16 | 68 |
| 2009 | 13 | 75 |
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| 2020 | 88 | 83 |
| 2021 | 82 | 110 |
| 2022 | 67 | 94 |
| 2023 | 68 | 81 |
| 2024 | 65 | 75 |
| 2025 | 73 | 71 |
| 2026 | 47 | 51 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Heart valve prosthesis delivery system and method for delivery of heart valve prosthesis with introducer sheath6 Oct 2026US 12,751,825 B2JenaValve Technology, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for extracting a ureteral stent29 Sep 2026US 12,746,137 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Tension member routing elements in transcatheter stented prosthesis tensioning system22 Sep 2026US 12,740,861 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Modular handle comprising a trigger wire actuation mechanism for a prosthesis delivery device22 Sep 2026US 12,740,879 B2Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- Heart valve delivery assembly and unlocking tube8 Sep 2026US 12,727,999 B2Lepu Medical Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
- Aortic prosthesis delivery system and method of use1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294658 A1Bolton Medical, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for compressing/loading stent-valves24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283775 A1Symetis SA
- Ureteral Stent And Methods Therefor24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283777 A1JMT Medical, Inc.
- Heart valve sealing devices, delivery devices therefor, and retrieval devices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283801 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Prosthetic valve with expandable frame and associated systems and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272645 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoprosthesis for repairing a damaged vessel1,749US 4,878,906 AServetus Partnership · 1989
- 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
- Percutaneous stent and method for retrieval thereof945US 5,035,706 ACook Incorporated · 1991
- Prosthesis delivery944US 5,480,423 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1996