A61L 31/10
Macromolecular materials
A61L31/10 (Macromolecular materials) appears on 3,578 US grants and 5,235 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 3,578
- Published applications
- 5,235
- Assignees
- 1,554
- Inventors
- 6,735
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 27 | 0 |
| 1995 | 26 | 0 |
| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 42 | 0 |
| 1998 | 56 | 0 |
| 1999 | 73 | 0 |
| 2000 | 67 | 0 |
| 2001 | 69 | 37 |
| 2002 | 68 | 113 |
| 2003 | 99 | 176 |
| 2004 | 86 | 223 |
| 2005 | 63 | 269 |
| 2006 | 72 | 274 |
| 2007 | 74 | 301 |
| 2008 | 87 | 304 |
| 2009 | 76 | 304 |
| 2010 | 136 | 296 |
| 2011 | 172 | 223 |
| 2012 | 210 | 192 |
| 2013 | 183 | 217 |
| 2014 | 241 | 244 |
| 2015 | 184 | 243 |
| 2016 | 166 | 235 |
| 2017 | 185 | 210 |
| 2018 | 145 | 194 |
| 2019 | 147 | 191 |
| 2020 | 156 | 192 |
| 2021 | 130 | 154 |
| 2022 | 102 | 159 |
| 2023 | 95 | 136 |
| 2024 | 111 | 140 |
| 2025 | 101 | 120 |
| 2026 | 46 | 88 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Rod for spinal fixation implement and spinal fixation implement provided with same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,741 B2Globeride, Inc.
- Controlled tubing expansion and surface engineering6 Oct 2026US 12,752,470 B1Zeus Co., Ltd.
- Bioresorbable cardiovascular instruments, and operation and fabrication methods of same29 Sep 2026US 12,746,397 B2Northwestern University
- Water-based hydrogel blend coating and method of application to elastomeric articles22 Sep 2026US 12,741,065 B2Allegiance Corporation
- Absorbable intravascular stents having a therapeutic drug within the scaffold15 Sep 2026US 12,734,053 B2Efemoral Medical, Inc.
- Slippery organogels and methods for making and using the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306720 A1University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
- Soft and stretchable microelectrodes with tunable anisotropic properties1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295128 A1The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
- Implantable medical device including polyetherurethane with improved biostability24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284276 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- Medical device coatings and methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284279 A1SurModics, Inc.
- Collagen peptide-based medicament compositions and devices and methods of production and use thereof17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273015 A1Sustain Holdings, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- In situ polymerizable hydrogels2,015US 6,818,018 B1Incept, LLC · 2004
- Coated surgical staple1,797US 4,655,222 AEthicon, Inc. · 1987
- Drug releasing anastomosis devices and methods for treating anastomotic sites1,779US 7,108,701 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2006
- Surgical implant with preferential corrosion zone1,495US 7,905,902 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2011
- Medical devices having durable and lubricious polymeric coating1,443US 7,041,088 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2006