A61F 2220/0075
Sutured, ligatured or stitched, retained or tied with a rope, string, thread
Official title: sutured, ligatured or stitched, retained or tied with a rope, string, thread, wire or cable
A61F2220/0075 (Sutured, ligatured or stitched, retained or tied with a rope, string, thread) appears on 3,606 US grants and 4,611 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 3,606
- Published applications
- 4,611
- Assignees
- 890
- Inventors
- 4,225
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 40 | 0 |
| 1998 | 55 | 0 |
| 1999 | 53 | 0 |
| 2000 | 48 | 0 |
| 2001 | 54 | 40 |
| 2002 | 72 | 99 |
| 2003 | 66 | 99 |
| 2004 | 53 | 144 |
| 2005 | 45 | 181 |
| 2006 | 56 | 160 |
| 2007 | 52 | 140 |
| 2008 | 42 | 174 |
| 2009 | 65 | 156 |
| 2010 | 93 | 151 |
| 2011 | 117 | 162 |
| 2012 | 138 | 169 |
| 2013 | 131 | 165 |
| 2014 | 170 | 186 |
| 2015 | 160 | 171 |
| 2016 | 173 | 188 |
| 2017 | 184 | 209 |
| 2018 | 171 | 215 |
| 2019 | 217 | 288 |
| 2020 | 226 | 240 |
| 2021 | 223 | 245 |
| 2022 | 158 | 237 |
| 2023 | 180 | 228 |
| 2024 | 185 | 229 |
| 2025 | 181 | 221 |
| 2026 | 101 | 114 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Transcatheter valve having reduced seam exposure24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283789 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- Prosthetic valves including frames having lateral protrusions for commissure attachment24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283792 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Implantable prosthetic valve1,995US 6,730,118 B2Percutaneous Valve Technologies, Inc. · 2004
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- Implantable prosthetic valve1,862US 6,893,460 B2Percutaneous Valve Technologies, Inc. · 2005
- Minimally-invasive heart valves and methods of use1,759US 6,454,799 B1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · 2002
- Rolled minimally-invasive heart valves and methods of use1,511US 6,733,525 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · 2004