A61L 2420/00
Materials or methods for coatings medical devices
A61L2420/00 (Materials or methods for coatings medical devices) appears on 2,135 US grants and 3,534 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 2,135
- Published applications
- 3,534
- Assignees
- 1,258
- Inventors
- 5,338
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 7 | 15 |
| 2003 | 15 | 19 |
| 2004 | 14 | 48 |
| 2005 | 8 | 45 |
| 2006 | 14 | 48 |
| 2007 | 18 | 68 |
| 2008 | 12 | 78 |
| 2009 | 17 | 86 |
| 2010 | 39 | 114 |
| 2011 | 50 | 116 |
| 2012 | 61 | 105 |
| 2013 | 65 | 139 |
| 2014 | 123 | 187 |
| 2015 | 128 | 249 |
| 2016 | 138 | 296 |
| 2017 | 165 | 237 |
| 2018 | 142 | 211 |
| 2019 | 166 | 215 |
| 2020 | 162 | 232 |
| 2021 | 144 | 226 |
| 2022 | 118 | 207 |
| 2023 | 145 | 169 |
| 2024 | 144 | 185 |
| 2025 | 137 | 142 |
| 2026 | 68 | 91 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61L 2420/02Methods for coating medical devicesIndexing code1,218
- A61L 2420/08Coatings comprising two or more layersIndexing code783
- A61L 2420/06Coatings containing a mixture of two or more compoundsIndexing code450
- A61L 2420/04Coatings containing a composite material such as inorganic/organic, i.e. material comprising differentIndexing code230
Recent patents
- Titanium mesh covered with biocompatible polypropylene film for covering and protecting bone grafts/biomaterials and process for obtaining same29 Sep 2026US 12,746,125 B2
- Water-based hydrogel blend coating and method of application to elastomeric articles22 Sep 2026US 12,741,065 B2Allegiance Corporation
- Absorbable intravascular stents having a therapeutic drug within the scaffold15 Sep 2026US 12,734,053 B2Efemoral Medical, Inc.
- Microneedle device and method for producing same8 Sep 2026US 12,728,247 B2Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
- Chest drainage systems and methods1 Sep 2026US 12,721,940 B2Atrium Medical Corporation
- Thermogelling polymers able to form a slippery coating for an ophthalmic injector8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306712 A1
- Trodusquemine-coated balloon for targeted treatment of atherosclerosis8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306719 A1Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Slippery organogels and methods for making and using the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306720 A1University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
- Method for treatment of airway stricture or stenosis8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306805 A1Airiver Medical, Inc.
- Coated Materials for Heart Valve Applications and Methods of Making Same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294621 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical devices having durable and lubricious polymeric coating1,443US 7,041,088 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2006
- Energetically-controlled delivery of biologically active material from an implanted medical device1,268US 7,101,394 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · 2006
- Hemostatic implant1,078US 9,889,230 B2Covidien LP · 2018
- Coated implantable medical device1,071US 5,824,049 AMED Institute, Inc. · 1998
- Silver implantable medical device1,026US 5,873,904 ACook Incorporated · 1999