A61F 5/0076
Preventing normal digestion
Official title: {preventing normal digestion, e.g. Bariatric or gastric sleeves}
A61F5/0076 (Preventing normal digestion) appears on 701 US grants and 1,112 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 701
- Published applications
- 1,112
- Assignees
- 192
- Inventors
- 961
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2009 | 7 | 46 |
| 2010 | 29 | 50 |
| 2011 | 36 | 68 |
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| 2020 | 51 | 57 |
| 2021 | 31 | 49 |
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| 2023 | 34 | 41 |
| 2024 | 29 | 60 |
| 2025 | 32 | 49 |
| 2026 | 16 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Surgical device for controlled anchoring in the intestine15 Sep 2026US 12,733,932 B2
- Systems and methods for anchoring and restraining gastrointestinal prostheses18 Aug 2026US 12,708,540 B2MetaModix, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for occluding an anatomical passage21 Jul 2026US 12,685,655 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Surgical devices and methods for bariatric and gastroesophageal surgery14 Jul 2026US 12,678,260 B2West Virginia University Board of Governors on behalf of West Virginia University
- Delivery devices and methods for gastrointestinal implants14 Jul 2026US 12,678,311 B2MetaModix, Inc.
- Therapeutic methods involving gastrointestinal implants16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199226 A1Morphic Medical, Inc.
- Surgical device for controlled anchoring in the intestine25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174435 A1
- Adjustable heart valve implant11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157757 A1
- Sleeve gastrectomy assisting device4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151245 A1Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
- Surgical devices and methods for bariatric and gastroesophageal surgery7 May 2026US 2026/0124015 A1West Virginia University Board of Governors on behalf of West Virginia University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and methods for treatment of morbid obesity1,980US 7,037,344 B2ValenTx, Inc. · 2006
- Single fold device for tissue fixation1,944US 7,914,543 B2Satiety, Inc. · 2011
- Methods and devices for maintaining a space occupying device in a relatively fixed location within a stomach1,798US 6,981,978 B2Satiety, Inc. · 2006
- Bariatric surgical instrument1,664US 4,844,068 AEthicon, Inc. · 1989
- Devices and methods for attaching an endolumenal gastrointestinal implant1,476US 8,070,743 B2ValenTx, Inc. · 2011