A61L 31/088
Other specific inorganic materials not covered by a61l31/084 or a61l31/086
Official title: {Other specific inorganic materials not covered by A61L31/084 or A61L31/086}
A61L31/088 (Other specific inorganic materials not covered by a61l31/084 or a61l31/086) appears on 515 US grants and 762 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 515
- Published applications
- 762
- Assignees
- 345
- Inventors
- 1,225
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 9 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Implantable electrical device comprising a substrate, encapsulation layer and adhesion layer11 Aug 2026US 12,706,209 B2Salvia BioElectronics B.V.
- Surface sealing for implants12 May 2026US 12,623,007 B2Qvanteq AG
- Ag- and/or Cu-containing hard coatings with antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties14 Apr 2026US 12,601,049 B2Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, PfäFfikon
- Medical implant with controllable electro-mechanical interactions at a material/bacteria interface7 Apr 2026US 12,594,362 B2City University of Hong Kong
- Synergistic antibacterial activity of medium polarity oils in combination with antibacterial agents on bacterial biofilms31 Mar 2026US 12,588,675 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Coated Materials for Heart Valve Applications and Methods of Making Same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294621 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Radiopaque coating for endovascular devices27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248986 A1Phenox GmbH
- Surgical instrument cable coatings and systems and method for making the same13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232873 A1Covidien LP
- Absorbable marker wire13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232878 A1
- Surface Coatings for Enhanced Substrate Properties30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217554 A1Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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 device949US 5,609,629 AMED Institute, Inc. · 1997
- Stent for use following balloon angioplasty575US 4,795,458 A1989