A61F 6/202
Means specially adapted for ligaturing, compressing or clamping of oviduct or vas
Official title: {Means specially adapted for ligaturing, compressing or clamping of oviduct or vas deferens}
A61F6/202 (Means specially adapted for ligaturing, compressing or clamping of oviduct or vas) appears on 55 US grants and 36 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 55
- Published applications
- 36
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 99
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for controlling flow of sperms in a uterine tube19 May 2026US 12,629,517 B2
- Contraception apparatus for male9 Dec 2025US 12,491,108 B2Iucf-Hyu (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
- Implantable tube valve2 Dec 2025US 12,485,038 B2Choice, Inc.
- Contraceptive devices12 Aug 2025US 12,383,421 B2Contraline, Inc.
- Method for controlling flow of sperms in a uterine tube13 Jun 2023US 11,672,977 B2
- Method for controlling flow of sperms in a uterine tube11 Jan 2024US 2024/0009454 A1
- Contraception apparatus for male28 Dec 2023US 2023/0414403 A1Iucf-Hyu (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
- Implantable tube valve5 Oct 2023US 2023/0310205 A1Choice, Inc.
- Apparatus for controlling flow in a bodily organ15 Jul 2021US 2021/0212857 A1
- Apparatus for controlling flow in a bodily organ8 Jul 2021US 2021/0205121 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Forceps584US 4,027,510 A1977
- Applicator for surgical clip520US 4,169,476 AWolf Medical Instruments Corporation · 1979
- Surgical clip applicator434US 4,064,881 ARocket of London Limited · 1977
- Apparatus for effecting occlusion of the vas deferens285US 4,967,949 AVastech Medical Products Inc. · 1990
- Device and method for internal ligation of tubular structures260US 6,736,822 B22004