A61M 2025/0018
Catheters: having a plug
Official title: {having a plug, e.g. an inflatable plug for closing catheter lumens}
A61M2025/0018 (Catheters: having a plug) appears on 170 US grants and 208 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 170
- Published applications
- 208
- Assignees
- 105
- Inventors
- 390
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 12 | 11 |
| 2025 | 5 | 8 |
| 2026 | 6 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Drainage spigot guard18 Aug 2026US 12,708,739 B2Spigot Guard LLC
- Catheter patency systems and methods18 Aug 2026US 12,708,740 B2Versago Vascular Access, Inc.
- Internal balloon sheath7 Jul 2026US 12,673,190 B2ABIOMED, Inc.
- Catheter tip structure and method of manufacture2 Jun 2026US 12,642,939 B2Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Reinforced balloon catheter5 May 2026US 12,616,820 B2MicroVention, Inc.
- Catheter Tip Structure and Method of Manufacture24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284355 A1Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Reinforced Balloon Catheter20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241149 A1MicroVention, Inc.
- Body fluid regulating apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199580 A1ResQ Medical Ltd.
- Adaptable dilator and methods of using the same30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114897 A1Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Stylet for selectively occluding an indwelling catheter2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091200 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Catheter system for emboli containment551US 6,022,336 APercusurge, Inc. · 2000
- Exchange method for emboli containment530US 6,544,276 B1Medtronic AVE, Inc. · 2003
- Aspiration system and method458US 6,152,909 APercusurge, Inc. · 2000
- Deflector guiding catheter356US 4,774,949 A1988
- Catheter for emboli containment355US 6,270,477 B1Percusurge, Inc. · 2001