A61L 29/04
Macromolecular materials
A61L29/04 (Macromolecular materials) appears on 1,582 US grants and 1,871 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 1,582
- Published applications
- 1,871
- Assignees
- 758
- Inventors
- 3,316
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 16 | 0 |
| 1994 | 24 | 0 |
| 1995 | 29 | 0 |
| 1996 | 35 | 0 |
| 1997 | 29 | 0 |
| 1998 | 39 | 0 |
| 1999 | 34 | 0 |
| 2000 | 38 | 0 |
| 2001 | 43 | 21 |
| 2002 | 38 | 39 |
| 2003 | 33 | 35 |
| 2004 | 20 | 41 |
| 2005 | 24 | 43 |
| 2006 | 18 | 36 |
| 2007 | 14 | 51 |
| 2008 | 10 | 57 |
| 2009 | 10 | 47 |
| 2010 | 37 | 62 |
| 2011 | 39 | 56 |
| 2012 | 40 | 68 |
| 2013 | 49 | 75 |
| 2014 | 46 | 78 |
| 2015 | 60 | 93 |
| 2016 | 59 | 106 |
| 2017 | 75 | 105 |
| 2018 | 64 | 107 |
| 2019 | 72 | 114 |
| 2020 | 82 | 109 |
| 2021 | 79 | 98 |
| 2022 | 63 | 92 |
| 2023 | 69 | 79 |
| 2024 | 72 | 113 |
| 2025 | 71 | 73 |
| 2026 | 42 | 73 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tubing components for a particulate material delivery and methods of forming22 Sep 2026US 12,741,064 B2Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Radiopaque polymers with enhanced radiopacity15 Sep 2026US 12,734,255 B2Embolization, Inc.
- Flexible tube for endoscope, endoscopic medical device, and methods for producing the same1 Sep 2026US 12,721,931 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Hydrophilic silicone rubber serving as medical catheter, preparation method thereof and application thereof1 Sep 2026US 12,721,932 B2Shandong University
- Medical shaft, medical device, and method for manufacturing medical shaft1 Sep 2026US 12,721,966 B2Kaneka Corporation
- Anti-inversion bumper for expandable ablation catheter assembly24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283734 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Nanogel comprising bioactive molecules, therapeutic molecules or drugs together with an amphiphilic molecule24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284275 A1
- Implantable medical device including polyetherurethane with improved biostability24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284276 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- Collagen peptide-based medicament compositions and devices and methods of production and use thereof17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273015 A1Sustain Holdings, LLC
- Bacteriophage cocktail-containing hydrogel compositions and methods of production and use thereof17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273143 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Polyhydroxyalkanoate compositions having controlled degradation rates1,516US 6,867,248 B1Metabolix, Inc. · 2005
- Percutaneous access device1,354US 4,897,081 AThermedics Inc. · 1990
- Antimicrobial polymer compositions and the use thereof880US 8,840,876 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2014
- Medical device intended to come into contact with a patient's tissue and related manufacturing method849US 8,753,664 B2Perouse Medical · 2014
- Implantable drug delivery catheter system with capillary interface843US 6,471,689 B1Thomas Jefferson University · 2002