A61L 29/18
Materials at least partially x-ray or laser opaque
Official title: Materials at least partially X-ray or laser opaque
A61L29/18 (Materials at least partially x-ray or laser opaque) appears on 210 US grants and 316 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 210
- Published applications
- 316
- Assignees
- 161
- Inventors
- 576
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 6 | 12 |
| 2004 | 2 | 14 |
| 2005 | 5 | 22 |
| 2006 | 1 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 7 |
| 2008 | 1 | 20 |
| 2009 | 3 | 12 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15 |
| 2012 | 6 | 9 |
| 2013 | 15 | 22 |
| 2014 | 11 | 13 |
| 2015 | 10 | 16 |
| 2016 | 9 | 21 |
| 2017 | 18 | 11 |
| 2018 | 10 | 16 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 |
| 2020 | 8 | 14 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10 |
| 2025 | 10 | 11 |
| 2026 | 3 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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.
- System for color-coding medical instrumentation and methods of use5 May 2026US 12,616,456 B2Clear Biopsy LLC
- Transvenous intracardiac pacing catheter14 Oct 2025US 12,440,669 B2Swift Sync, Inc.
- System for color-coding medical instrumentation and methods of use9 Sep 2025US 12,408,897 B2Clear Biopsy LLC
- System for color-coding medical instrumentation and methods of use13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232302 A1Clear Biopsy LLC
- High strength biomedical materials6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224782 A1Access Vascular, Inc.
- Needle patch for injecting drug using laser7 May 2026US 2026/0124438 A1
- Catheter23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108661 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Catheter Tip19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077160 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Particle immobilized coatings and uses thereof1,386US 8,679,454 B2SurModics, Inc. · 2014
- Device construction and method facilitating magnetic resonance imaging of foreign objects in a body594US 4,989,608 A1991
- Ultrasonically marked cardiac catheters413US 4,697,595 ATelectronics N.V. · 1987
- Lubricious flow directed catheter213US 5,538,512 A1996
- Medical devices containing in-situ generated medical compounds176US 5,820,918 AHercules Incorporated · 1998