A61F 2250/0048
Differing in mechanical expandability
Official title: differing in mechanical expandability, e.g. in mechanical, self- or balloon expandability
A61F2250/0048 (Differing in mechanical expandability) appears on 336 US grants and 449 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 336
- Published applications
- 449
- Assignees
- 133
- Inventors
- 569
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 2 |
| 2002 | 7 | 6 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8 |
| 2004 | 1 | 12 |
| 2005 | 5 | 6 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16 |
| 2007 | 2 | 11 |
| 2008 | 3 | 9 |
| 2009 | 2 | 10 |
| 2010 | 4 | 15 |
| 2011 | 12 | 12 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14 |
| 2013 | 9 | 15 |
| 2014 | 10 | 23 |
| 2015 | 12 | 15 |
| 2016 | 10 | 8 |
| 2017 | 13 | 26 |
| 2018 | 21 | 33 |
| 2019 | 27 | 19 |
| 2020 | 31 | 41 |
| 2021 | 24 | 33 |
| 2022 | 21 | 20 |
| 2023 | 27 | 35 |
| 2024 | 21 | 23 |
| 2025 | 16 | 20 |
| 2026 | 15 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Delivery system aid and associated systems and methods18 Aug 2026US 12,708,537 B2W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
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- Lattice10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263246 A1W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Replacement heart valve3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256577 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Oval stent20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240639 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Devices, systems, and methods for treating pulmonary disease13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232424 A1Apreo Health, Inc.
- System for treating, preventing and/or replacing a heart valve, in particular an inflamed, infected, thrombosed or degenerated heart valve30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215911 A1Devie Medical GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Prosthetic valve for transluminal delivery1,881US 7,018,406 B2Corevalve, S.A. · 2006
- Stent, stent graft and stent valve1,313US 6,245,102 B1Iowa-India Investments Company Limited · 2001
- Stent valve and stent graft for percutaneous surgery1,267US 5,855,597 AIowa-India Investments Company Limited · 1999
- Prosthetic valve for transluminal delivery796US 7,329,278 B2Corevalve, S.A. · 2008
- Tubular medical prosthesis701US 5,366,504 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1994