A61L 27/28
Materials for coating prostheses
A61L27/28 (Materials for coating prostheses) appears on 4,124 US grants and 5,448 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 4,124
- Published applications
- 5,448
- Assignees
- 2,249
- Inventors
- 9,460
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 24 | 0 |
| 1989 | 34 | 0 |
| 1990 | 28 | 0 |
| 1991 | 35 | 0 |
| 1992 | 43 | 0 |
| 1993 | 50 | 0 |
| 1994 | 61 | 0 |
| 1995 | 48 | 0 |
| 1996 | 65 | 0 |
| 1997 | 84 | 0 |
| 1998 | 106 | 0 |
| 1999 | 99 | 0 |
| 2000 | 76 | 0 |
| 2001 | 82 | 35 |
| 2002 | 75 | 111 |
| 2003 | 108 | 176 |
| 2004 | 95 | 206 |
| 2005 | 79 | 205 |
| 2006 | 75 | 230 |
| 2007 | 69 | 261 |
| 2008 | 73 | 250 |
| 2009 | 65 | 264 |
| 2010 | 120 | 257 |
| 2011 | 145 | 216 |
| 2012 | 158 | 210 |
| 2013 | 152 | 208 |
| 2014 | 188 | 257 |
| 2015 | 208 | 245 |
| 2016 | 162 | 230 |
| 2017 | 163 | 240 |
| 2018 | 161 | 224 |
| 2019 | 159 | 256 |
| 2020 | 188 | 250 |
| 2021 | 168 | 269 |
| 2022 | 116 | 210 |
| 2023 | 128 | 198 |
| 2024 | 135 | 185 |
| 2025 | 133 | 154 |
| 2026 | 64 | 101 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tapered heart valve covering6 Oct 2026US 12,751,822 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- 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
- Methods to inhibit osteoporosis through implantation15 Sep 2026US 12,734,273 B2
- Calcium carbonate sintered body and method for producing same, and bone grafting material8 Sep 2026US 12,729,128 B2Shiraishi Central Laboratories Co. Ltd.
- Bone graft containment system25 Aug 2026US 12,714,567 B2Secada Medical LLC
- Superhydrophobic antifouling compositions and applications thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306711 A1University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
- Thermogelling polymers able to form a slippery coating for an ophthalmic injector8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306712 A1
- Superhydrophobic antifouling coating compositions for releasing nitric oxide and applications thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308399 A1University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
- Solid forms for tissue repair1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294634 A1Cartiheal (2009) Ltd.
- Target for combatting the foreign body response to implantable biomaterials1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295119 A1The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
Most cited
By later US patents
- In situ polymerizable hydrogels2,015US 6,818,018 B1Incept, LLC · 2004
- Drug releasing anastomosis devices and methods for treating anastomotic sites1,779US 7,108,701 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2006
- Polyhydroxyalkanoate compositions having controlled degradation rates1,516US 6,867,248 B1Metabolix, Inc. · 2005
- Bio-absorbable composite tissue scaffold1,368US 4,512,038 AUniversity of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey · 1985
- Coated implantable medical device1,180US 6,096,070 ACook Incorporated · 2000