A61F 2250/0003
Special features of prostheses classified in groups a61f2/00 - a61f2/26 or a61f2/82
Official title: having an inflatable pocket filled with fluid, e.g. liquid or gas
A61F2250/0003 (Special features of prostheses classified in groups a61f2/00 - a61f2/26 or a61f2/82) appears on 1,218 US grants and 1,627 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,218
- Published applications
- 1,627
- Assignees
- 416
- Inventors
- 1,828
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 10 | 8 |
| 2002 | 9 | 12 |
| 2003 | 11 | 30 |
| 2004 | 13 | 28 |
| 2005 | 6 | 16 |
| 2006 | 15 | 43 |
| 2007 | 10 | 33 |
| 2008 | 8 | 29 |
| 2009 | 14 | 30 |
| 2010 | 22 | 50 |
| 2011 | 18 | 41 |
| 2012 | 27 | 64 |
| 2013 | 41 | 49 |
| 2014 | 50 | 101 |
| 2015 | 56 | 84 |
| 2016 | 80 | 124 |
| 2017 | 83 | 102 |
| 2018 | 78 | 105 |
| 2019 | 89 | 112 |
| 2020 | 108 | 118 |
| 2021 | 85 | 87 |
| 2022 | 86 | 91 |
| 2023 | 69 | 94 |
| 2024 | 69 | 58 |
| 2025 | 52 | 76 |
| 2026 | 33 | 42 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Single tube pressurization system for a heart pump22 Sep 2026US 12,741,134 B2Lifebridge Technologies LLC
- Implantable medical device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,984 B2Uromems
- Penile implant for neophallus8 Sep 2026US 12,728,005 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Prosthetic heart valve devices, prosthetic mitral valves and associated system and methods18 Aug 2026US 12,708,509 B2Twelve, Inc.
- Breast implants and tissue expanders having integrated systems for filling implant shells with fluids, infusing fluids, and draining fluids from breast tissue surrounding implant shells11 Aug 2026US 12,702,541 B2Mentor Worldwide LLC
- Soft tissue mesh envelope device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306245 A1
- Devices for reducing cardiac valve regurgitation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306257 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Catheter with inflatable expansion tube structure8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306793 A1
- Inflatable prosthesis having a pressure calibration system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294628 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Systems and methods for making a medical balloon, for example an inflatable vascular endoprosthesis device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283778 A1Regents of the University of Minnesota
Most cited
By later US patents
- Prosthetic valve for transluminal delivery1,881US 7,018,406 B2Corevalve, S.A. · 2006
- Inflatable prosthetic cardiovascular valve for percutaneous transluminal implantation of same1,669US 5,554,185 A1996
- Nonstented heart valves with formed in situ support1,449US 7,534,259 B2Direct Flow Medical, Inc. · 2009
- Prosthetic valve for percutaneous insertion1,336US 5,397,351 A1995
- Method and apparatus for dilating blood vessels1,140US 4,723,549 A1988