A61F 2230/0008
Elliptical or oval
Official title: elliptical or oval
A61F2230/0008 (Elliptical or oval) appears on 1,227 US grants and 1,550 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,227
- Published applications
- 1,550
- Assignees
- 494
- Inventors
- 1,893
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 34 | 0 |
| 2001 | 37 | 28 |
| 2002 | 32 | 58 |
| 2003 | 45 | 58 |
| 2004 | 33 | 79 |
| 2005 | 30 | 76 |
| 2006 | 23 | 67 |
| 2007 | 23 | 63 |
| 2008 | 16 | 72 |
| 2009 | 36 | 51 |
| 2010 | 41 | 58 |
| 2011 | 53 | 43 |
| 2012 | 27 | 50 |
| 2013 | 54 | 56 |
| 2014 | 40 | 62 |
| 2015 | 55 | 50 |
| 2016 | 67 | 82 |
| 2017 | 58 | 74 |
| 2018 | 51 | 75 |
| 2019 | 54 | 85 |
| 2020 | 63 | 77 |
| 2021 | 73 | 65 |
| 2022 | 44 | 59 |
| 2023 | 59 | 41 |
| 2024 | 39 | 40 |
| 2025 | 34 | 55 |
| 2026 | 21 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Gender-specific mesh implant with barrier for inguinal hernia repair6 Oct 2026US 12,751,810 B2Hexagon Health, Inc.
- Uncaging stent6 Oct 2026US 12,751,844 B2Elixir Medical Corporation
- Implant including egg-shaped internal architecture, and methods22 Sep 2026US 12,740,870 B2
- Prosthetic heart valve devices and associated systems and methods15 Sep 2026US 12,734,030 B2Twelve, Inc.
- Cardiac leaflet coapters1 Sep 2026US 12,721,727 B2Mtex Cardio AG
- Gender-specific mesh implant with barrier for inguinal hernia repair1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294611 A1Sofradim Production
- Embolic protection device and method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283776 A1Emboline, Inc.
- Assembly for replacing the tricuspid atrioventricular valve17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272642 A1T-Heart SAS
- Balloon expandable polymer stent17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272686 A1Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
- Replacement heart valve3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256577 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical prosthetic implant for vertebrae1,527US 5,192,327 A1993
- Spinal disk implant and implantation kit1,086US 5,306,309 ACalcitek, Inc. · 1994
- Intervertebral disk arthroplasty1,076US 5,258,031 ADanek Medical, Inc. · 1993
- Method of making an embolic filter1,042US 7,174,636 B2SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2007
- Spine disc1,037US 5,534,030 AAcroMed Corporation · 1996