A61L 31/18
Materials at least partially x-ray or laser opaque
Official title: Materials at least partially X-ray or laser opaque
A61L31/18 (Materials at least partially x-ray or laser opaque) appears on 644 US grants and 999 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 644
- Published applications
- 999
- Assignees
- 367
- Inventors
- 1,394
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 22 | 8 |
| 2002 | 18 | 22 |
| 2003 | 16 | 35 |
| 2004 | 12 | 54 |
| 2005 | 11 | 79 |
| 2006 | 14 | 46 |
| 2007 | 10 | 53 |
| 2008 | 13 | 55 |
| 2009 | 18 | 47 |
| 2010 | 31 | 39 |
| 2011 | 38 | 51 |
| 2012 | 27 | 46 |
| 2013 | 26 | 39 |
| 2014 | 39 | 33 |
| 2015 | 34 | 49 |
| 2016 | 38 | 43 |
| 2017 | 40 | 40 |
| 2018 | 20 | 44 |
| 2019 | 33 | 28 |
| 2020 | 30 | 39 |
| 2021 | 30 | 28 |
| 2022 | 16 | 26 |
| 2023 | 21 | 27 |
| 2024 | 15 | 30 |
| 2025 | 16 | 23 |
| 2026 | 11 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Radiopaque polymers with enhanced radiopacity15 Sep 2026US 12,734,255 B2Embolization, Inc.
- Polymeric biomaterials derived from phenolic monomers and their medical uses7 Jul 2026US 12,674,024 B2Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Medical device, in particular a stent16 Jun 2026US 12,653,704 B2Acandis GmbH & Co. KG
- Implantable marker body for breast treatment2 Jun 2026US 12,642,621 B2SOMATEX MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES GmbH
- Device and method with reduced pacemaker rate in heart valve replacement26 May 2026US 12,636,148 B2JenaValve Technology, Inc.
- Device and method with reduced pacemaker rate in heart valve replacement24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283793 A1JenaValve Technology, Inc.
- Bioresorbable tags for monitoring deep tissue homeostasis10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263188 A1Northwestern University
- Radiopaque coating for endovascular devices27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248986 A1Phenox GmbH
- System for color-coding medical instrumentation and methods of use13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232302 A1Clear Biopsy LLC
- Absorbable marker wire13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232878 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Compliant osteosynthesis fixation plate1,432US 7,931,695 B2Kensey Nash Corporation · 2011
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- Particle immobilized coatings and uses thereof1,386US 8,679,454 B2SurModics, Inc. · 2014
- Energetically-controlled delivery of biologically active material from an implanted medical device1,268US 7,101,394 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · 2006
- Highly porous self-cohered web materials1,011US 7,655,584 B2Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc. · 2010