A61L 31/084
Carbon
Official title: {Carbon; Graphite}
A61L31/084 (Carbon) appears on 85 US grants and 122 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 85
- Published applications
- 122
- Assignees
- 73
- Inventors
- 232
- Latest grant
- 30 Sep 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 10 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 14 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 10 |
| 2011 | 8 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 | 7 |
| 2014 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 8 | 5 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5 | 6 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Protected magnesium alloys for bioresorbable stents30 Sep 2025US 12,427,231 B2Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
- Medical implant, assembly for implanting the medical implant and assembly for detecting an intracorporeal movement pattern with the medical implant16 Sep 2025US 12,414,694 B2Neuroloop GmbH
- Surface-modified magnesium alloy1 Apr 2025US 12,264,395 B2Japan Medical Device Technology Co., Ltd.
- Staple cartridge assembly comprising various tissue compression gaps and staple forming gaps12 Nov 2024US 12,137,913 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Implant or medical tool made of a metal24 Oct 2023US 11,793,733 B2Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nurnberg
- Ultrasound device comprising porous graphene prepared from polyimide3 Oct 2024US 2024/0324995 A1
- Regulation/modification of stent contact surface for polymer free drug coating25 Jan 2024US 2024/0024543 A1Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- Metal Material for Medical Device, Method of Manufacturing Metal Material for Medical Device, and Medical Device11 Jan 2024US 2024/0009358 A1Global Vascular Co., Ltd.
- Implantable devices with antibacterial coating14 Dec 2023US 2023/0397978 A1University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Protected magnesium alloys for bioresorbable stents5 Jan 2023US 2023/0001057 A1Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Intravascular stent and percutaneous insertion catheter system for the dilation of an arterial stenosis and the prevention of arterial restenosis898US 4,768,507 AMedInnovations, Inc. · 1988
- Carbon coated tubular endoprosthesis461US 5,163,958 ACordis Corporation · 1992
- Balloon expandable braided stent with restraint264US 5,899,935 ASchneider (USA) Inc. · 1999
- Method for manufacturing an expandable stent128US 6,249,952 B1SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2001
- Stent coating for eluting medication117US 8,048,151 B2Greatbatch Ltd. · 2011