A61F 2230/0002
Two-dimensional shapes
Official title: Two-dimensional shapes, e.g. cross-sections
A61F2230/0002 (Two-dimensional shapes) appears on 10,381 US grants and 12,503 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 12,503
- Assignees
- 2,402
- Inventors
- 11,031
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 259 | 136 |
| 2002 | 296 | 458 |
| 2003 | 352 | 558 |
| 2004 | 279 | 657 |
| 2005 | 223 | 664 |
| 2006 | 269 | 635 |
| 2007 | 225 | 664 |
| 2008 | 175 | 594 |
| 2009 | 276 | 483 |
| 2010 | 409 | 528 |
| 2011 | 455 | 502 |
| 2012 | 427 | 533 |
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| 2018 | 384 | 488 |
| 2019 | 482 | 509 |
| 2020 | 449 | 503 |
| 2021 | 394 | 423 |
| 2022 | 318 | 419 |
| 2023 | 325 | 364 |
| 2024 | 290 | 342 |
| 2025 | 297 | 376 |
| 2026 | 164 | 224 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Gender-specific mesh implant with barrier for inguinal hernia repair6 Oct 2026US 12,751,810 B2Hexagon Health, Inc.
- Valve frame for prosthetic tricuspid valve6 Oct 2026US 12,751,817 B2Sheba Impact Ltd.
- Uncaging stent6 Oct 2026US 12,751,844 B2Elixir Medical Corporation
- Lymph conduction system implant and method of using same29 Sep 2026US 12,746,109 B2Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Systems and methods for making encapsulated hourglass shaped stents29 Sep 2026US 12,746,110 B2V-Wave Ltd.
- Branch Artery Reconstruction Assist Device and S-C Branch-First Aortic Reconstruction System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306242 A1Apt Medical Inc.
- Replacement prosthesis for auditory ossicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306252 A1Kyungpook National University Hospital
- Stent features and methods to aid with apposition and alignment to native anatomy, mitigation of paravalvular leak and functional efficiency of prosthetic heart valve8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306254 A14C Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Devices for reducing cardiac valve regurgitation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306257 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Catheter with inflatable expansion tube structure8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306793 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Expandable intraluminal graft, and method and apparatus for implanting an expandable intraluminal graft3,751US 4,733,665 AExpandable Grafts Partnership · 1988
- Prosthesis comprising an expansible or contractile tubular body2,717US 4,655,771 AShepherd Patents S.A. · 1987
- Valve prothesis for implantation in the body and a catheter for implanting such valve prothesis2,468US 5,411,552 A1995
- Surgical staple2,306US 4,719,917 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1988
- Artificial heart valve and method and device for implanting the same2,287US 5,855,601 AThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · 1999