A61F 5/005
Gastric bands
Official title: {Gastric bands}
A61F5/005 (Gastric bands) appears on 407 US grants and 640 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 407
- Published applications
- 640
- Assignees
- 121
- Inventors
- 684
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 14 |
| 2005 | 2 | 31 |
| 2006 | 4 | 29 |
| 2007 | 6 | 26 |
| 2008 | 8 | 30 |
| 2009 | 10 | 53 |
| 2010 | 24 | 49 |
| 2011 | 27 | 82 |
| 2012 | 31 | 50 |
| 2013 | 34 | 42 |
| 2014 | 47 | 31 |
| 2015 | 28 | 14 |
| 2016 | 19 | 27 |
| 2017 | 20 | 8 |
| 2018 | 15 | 13 |
| 2019 | 8 | 10 |
| 2020 | 16 | 22 |
| 2021 | 18 | 26 |
| 2022 | 14 | 11 |
| 2023 | 18 | 23 |
| 2024 | 12 | 13 |
| 2025 | 13 | 22 |
| 2026 | 10 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Single fold device for tissue fixation1,944US 7,914,543 B2Satiety, Inc. · 2011
- Universal gastric band1,333US 5,601,604 AInamed Development Company · 1997
- Implantable device fastening system and methods of use1,217US 7,762,998 B2Allergan, Inc. · 2010
- Subcutaneous self attaching injection port with integral moveable retention members1,194US 7,862,546 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2011
- Method and apparatus for adjusting a gastrointestinal restriction device1,143US 7,862,502 B2Ellipse Technologies, Inc. · 2011