A61F 2250/0071
Breakable or frangible
Official title: breakable or frangible
A61F2250/0071 (Breakable or frangible) appears on 464 US grants and 556 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 464
- Published applications
- 556
- Assignees
- 232
- Inventors
- 891
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 8 |
| 2002 | 15 | 15 |
| 2003 | 15 | 20 |
| 2004 | 8 | 18 |
| 2005 | 5 | 15 |
| 2006 | 11 | 17 |
| 2007 | 7 | 36 |
| 2008 | 7 | 28 |
| 2009 | 6 | 22 |
| 2010 | 7 | 24 |
| 2011 | 19 | 16 |
| 2012 | 22 | 29 |
| 2013 | 18 | 20 |
| 2014 | 28 | 30 |
| 2015 | 25 | 25 |
| 2016 | 19 | 24 |
| 2017 | 19 | 21 |
| 2018 | 23 | 25 |
| 2019 | 27 | 25 |
| 2020 | 20 | 25 |
| 2021 | 22 | 25 |
| 2022 | 19 | 24 |
| 2023 | 10 | 22 |
| 2024 | 22 | 20 |
| 2025 | 12 | 14 |
| 2026 | 12 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Diametric expansion features for prosthetic valves6 Oct 2026US 12,751,820 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Uncaging stent6 Oct 2026US 12,751,844 B2Elixir Medical Corporation
- Assemblies of an expandable prosthetic heart valve within an annuloplasty ring4 Aug 2026US 12,697,208 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Belt for prosthetic heart valve21 Jul 2026US 12,685,632 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Hair implants comprising enhanced anchoring and medical safety features2 Jun 2026US 12,642,642 B2Loria Hair Implant Company LLC
- Lattice10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263246 A1W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Stent system18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165862 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Adjustable leaflets for a prosthetic valve4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151227 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Devices and systems for docking a heart valve4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151228 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Cardiac Implant Delivery System7 May 2026US 2026/0124035 A1Evalve, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Spinal disk implant and implantation kit1,086US 5,306,309 ACalcitek, Inc. · 1994
- Stents with temporary retaining bands921US 6,350,277 B1SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2002
- Expandable stent forming projecting barbs and method for deploying721US 5,591,197 AAdvanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 1997
- Adjustable vertebral body replacement610US 5,702,453 ASofamor Danek Group, Inc. · 1997
- Spinal disk implantation kit597US 5,683,464 ASulzer Calcitek Inc. · 1997