A61L 24/0036
Porous materials
Official title: {Porous materials, e.g. foams or sponges}
A61L24/0036 (Porous materials) appears on 284 US grants and 455 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 284
- Published applications
- 455
- Assignees
- 224
- Inventors
- 794
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2022 | 20 | 34 |
| 2023 | 13 | 24 |
| 2024 | 16 | 21 |
| 2025 | 19 | 25 |
| 2026 | 13 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Porous implant structures15 Sep 2026US 12,734,037 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Shape memory poly(β-hydroxythioether) foams rapidly produced from multifunctional epoxides and thiols18 Aug 2026US 12,708,892 B2Ohio University
- Paenibacillus strain, and hemostatic polysaccharide produced by same and use thereof14 Jul 2026US 12,678,533 B2Nanjing Southern Element Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
- Biomaterial comprising a resorbable porous matrix and associated manufacturing method30 Jun 2026US 12,667,641 B2Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- Tunable, stable sclerosing foam for vascular interventions30 Jun 2026US 12,667,642 B2Case Western Reserve University
- Flowable sealant composition based on rapid gelling hydrogel precursors and particulate hydrogels; procedures based on the sealant compositions24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284253 A1
- Novel hydrogel having biocompatible and self-adhesive properties10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263654 A1Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yeungnam University
- Methods, devices, systems, and kits for the treatment of venous leak associated erectile dysfunction27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248515 A1Ed911, LLC
- Polysaccharide-based macromolecule cross-linking agent, polysaccharide-based biological material, and preparation method therefor and use thereof30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217923 A1Shanghai Jiaotong University
- Aerogel compositions and methods23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207813 A1Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mesocellular oxide foams as hemostatic compositions and methods of use1,075US 8,202,549 B2The Regents of the University of California · 2012
- Supplemented and unsupplemented tissue sealants, methods of their production and use292US 6,054,122 AAmerican National Red Cross · 2000
- Adhesive protein foam for surgical and/or therapeutic uses222US 6,730,299 B1Imedex Biomateriaux · 2004
- Lyophilized hydrocolloio foam213US 4,292,972 AE. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc. · 1981
- Bone grafting matrix207US 5,776,193 AOrquest, Inc. · 1998