A61L 29/08
Materials for coatings
A61L29/08 (Materials for coatings) appears on 2,357 US grants and 3,172 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 2,357
- Published applications
- 3,172
- Assignees
- 1,096
- Inventors
- 4,669
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 22 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 28 | 0 |
| 1997 | 34 | 0 |
| 1998 | 48 | 0 |
| 1999 | 50 | 0 |
| 2000 | 63 | 0 |
| 2001 | 56 | 26 |
| 2002 | 49 | 76 |
| 2003 | 64 | 94 |
| 2004 | 47 | 104 |
| 2005 | 42 | 112 |
| 2006 | 41 | 101 |
| 2007 | 32 | 145 |
| 2008 | 40 | 138 |
| 2009 | 39 | 107 |
| 2010 | 50 | 160 |
| 2011 | 72 | 134 |
| 2012 | 112 | 117 |
| 2013 | 93 | 132 |
| 2014 | 115 | 155 |
| 2015 | 112 | 139 |
| 2016 | 85 | 167 |
| 2017 | 113 | 130 |
| 2018 | 101 | 131 |
| 2019 | 107 | 149 |
| 2020 | 100 | 164 |
| 2021 | 110 | 148 |
| 2022 | 98 | 116 |
| 2023 | 100 | 135 |
| 2024 | 92 | 130 |
| 2025 | 80 | 104 |
| 2026 | 49 | 58 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Controlled tubing expansion and surface engineering6 Oct 2026US 12,752,470 B1Zeus Co., Ltd.
- Conformal, non-occluding sensor array for cardiac mapping and ablation22 Sep 2026US 12,741,063 B2Cornell University
- Tissue-plasminogen activator coated catheter with hydrogel-controlled elution8 Sep 2026US 12,728,185 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Chest drainage systems and methods1 Sep 2026US 12,721,940 B2Atrium Medical Corporation
- Drug coated balloon1 Sep 2026US 12,721,977 B2Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
- Trodusquemine-coated balloon for targeted treatment of atherosclerosis8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306719 A1Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Method for treatment of airway stricture or stenosis8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306805 A1Airiver Medical, Inc.
- Catheter Device for Odour-Reducing Delivery and/or Discharge of Substances to/from the Human or Animal Body1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294668 A1Advanced Medical Balloons GmbH
- 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.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical devices having durable and lubricious polymeric coating1,443US 7,041,088 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2006
- Coated implantable medical device1,180US 6,096,070 ACook Incorporated · 2000
- Coated implantable medical device1,071US 5,824,049 AMED Institute, Inc. · 1998
- Silver implantable medical device1,026US 5,873,904 ACook Incorporated · 1999
- Coated implantable medical device1,014US 6,299,604 B1Cook Incorporated · 2001