A61F 2230/0015
Kidney-shaped
Official title: Kidney-shaped, e.g. bean-shaped
A61F2230/0015 (Kidney-shaped) appears on 725 US grants and 918 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 725
- Published applications
- 918
- Assignees
- 255
- Inventors
- 889
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 15 |
| 2002 | 17 | 29 |
| 2003 | 27 | 51 |
| 2004 | 23 | 82 |
| 2005 | 21 | 90 |
| 2006 | 31 | 71 |
| 2007 | 34 | 77 |
| 2008 | 23 | 91 |
| 2009 | 31 | 41 |
| 2010 | 43 | 46 |
| 2011 | 51 | 48 |
| 2012 | 41 | 39 |
| 2013 | 64 | 28 |
| 2014 | 40 | 35 |
| 2015 | 32 | 22 |
| 2016 | 28 | 31 |
| 2017 | 36 | 17 |
| 2018 | 22 | 22 |
| 2019 | 21 | 19 |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 |
| 2021 | 12 | 9 |
| 2022 | 12 | 18 |
| 2023 | 7 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 10 |
| 2025 | 8 | 4 |
| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Prosthetic heart valve devices and associated systems and methods15 Sep 2026US 12,734,030 B2Twelve, Inc.
- Oval stent16 Jun 2026US 12,653,661 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Prosthesis for the lung and the use thereof7 Apr 2026US 12,594,156 B2National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing
- Intervertebral implant and tool assembly3 Feb 2026US 12,539,219 B2Moskowitz Family LLC
- Expandable spinal spacer device9 Dec 2025US 12,491,088 B2Moskowitz Family LLC
- Oval stent20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240639 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Vascular treatment devices and associated systems and methods of use16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199108 A1The Foundry, LLC
- Embolic protection device26 Feb 2026US 2026/0053617 A1Innovative Cardiovascular Solutions, LLC
- Embolic protection device4 Dec 2025US 2025/0366969 A1Innovative Cardiovascular Solutions, LLC
- Modular stents2 Oct 2025US 2025/0302650 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Prosthetic intervertebral devices1,296US 5,514,180 A1996
- Low wear artificial spinal disc1,173US 5,676,701 ASmith & Nephew, Inc. · 1997
- Artificial disc1,102US 5,071,437 AAcroMed Corporation · 1991
- Spine disc1,037US 5,534,030 AAcroMed Corporation · 1996
- Synthetic intervertebral disc prosthesis1,020US 4,863,477 A1989