A61F 2230/0013
Horseshoe-shaped
Official title: Horseshoe-shaped, e.g. crescent-shaped, C-shaped, U-shaped
A61F2230/0013 (Horseshoe-shaped) appears on 1,835 US grants and 2,124 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,835
- Published applications
- 2,124
- Assignees
- 583
- Inventors
- 2,421
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 23 | 0 |
| 1998 | 41 | 0 |
| 1999 | 32 | 0 |
| 2000 | 28 | 0 |
| 2001 | 51 | 29 |
| 2002 | 50 | 96 |
| 2003 | 74 | 97 |
| 2004 | 60 | 121 |
| 2005 | 50 | 125 |
| 2006 | 48 | 107 |
| 2007 | 38 | 91 |
| 2008 | 28 | 102 |
| 2009 | 55 | 70 |
| 2010 | 52 | 82 |
| 2011 | 81 | 83 |
| 2012 | 66 | 82 |
| 2013 | 71 | 72 |
| 2014 | 87 | 108 |
| 2015 | 71 | 73 |
| 2016 | 84 | 83 |
| 2017 | 101 | 94 |
| 2018 | 72 | 88 |
| 2019 | 82 | 114 |
| 2020 | 86 | 80 |
| 2021 | 89 | 78 |
| 2022 | 66 | 67 |
| 2023 | 55 | 56 |
| 2024 | 41 | 47 |
| 2025 | 46 | 53 |
| 2026 | 21 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods and systems for delivering prostheses using rail techniques8 Sep 2026US 12,727,996 B2Transmural Systems LLC
- Prosthetic valves with mechanically coupled leaflets25 Aug 2026US 12,714,556 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Transcatheter valve leaflet replacement device, delivery, guiding and fixation system and method for same25 Aug 2026US 12,714,562 B2Sutra Medical, Inc.
- Device for heart repair25 Aug 2026US 12,714,564 B2Cardiomech AS
- Cardiac treatment devices and methods25 Aug 2026US 12,714,566 B2Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Intraocular phakic implant and methods of correcting for presbyopia with an intraocular phakic implant24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283784 A1Alcon Inc.
- Device and method with reduced pacemaker rate in heart valve replacement24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283793 A1JenaValve Technology, Inc.
- Assembly for replacing the tricuspid atrioventricular valve17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272642 A1T-Heart SAS
- Method and apparatus for joint replacement arthroplasty10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263231 A1Fibioseq Medical Ltd.
- Stent system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248627 A1Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Valve prothesis for implantation in the body and a catheter for implanting such valve prothesis2,468US 5,411,552 A1995
- System and method for implanting cardiac valves1,909US 5,840,081 A1998
- Valve prosthesis for implantation in the body1,826US 6,168,614 AHeartport, Inc. · 2001
- Drug releasing anastomosis devices and methods for treating anastomotic sites1,779US 7,108,701 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2006
- Interspinal vertebral implant1,349US 5,645,599 AFixano · 1997