A61M 2025/0058
Having an electroactive polymer material
Official title: {having an electroactive polymer material, e.g. for steering purposes, for control of flexibility, for locking, for opening or closing}
A61M2025/0058 (Having an electroactive polymer material) appears on 154 US grants and 210 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 154
- Published applications
- 210
- Assignees
- 58
- Inventors
- 251
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 2 | 15 |
| 2006 | 7 | 11 |
| 2007 | 2 | 18 |
| 2008 | 2 | 10 |
| 2009 | 6 | 8 |
| 2010 | 8 | 11 |
| 2011 | 8 | 6 |
| 2012 | 16 | 9 |
| 2013 | 8 | 6 |
| 2014 | 7 | 4 |
| 2015 | 6 | 9 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 12 |
| 2018 | 3 | 10 |
| 2019 | 11 | 15 |
| 2020 | 15 | 20 |
| 2021 | 8 | 6 |
| 2022 | 10 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Catheter25 Aug 2026US 12,714,823 B2Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Steerable intra-luminal medical device31 Mar 2026US 12,589,223 B2Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Optimized catheter sheath for Rx catheter4 Nov 2025US 12,458,778 B2Canon U.S.A., Inc.
- Neurovascular catheter1 Jul 2025US 12,343,479 B2Incept, LLC
- Robotic percutaneous device wiper20 May 2025US 12,303,657 B2Siemens Healthineers Endovascular Robotics, Inc.
- Steerable intra-luminal medical device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249050 A1Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Flexible electrical components and medical devices incorporating the same30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216471 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Introducer lock apparatus29 Jan 2026US 2026/0026826 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Neurovascular catheter8 Jan 2026US 2026/0007855 A1Incept, LLC
- Method for preparing carbon nanotube/shape memory polymer foam composite, and catheter system using an actuator made of carbon nanotube/shape memory polymer foam composite6 Nov 2025US 2025/0340715 A1National Tsing Hua University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic endoscope1,530US 6,835,173 B2SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Robotic endoscope with wireless interface1,461US 6,770,027 B2SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Robotically guided catheter1,448US 8,214,019 B2Biosense Webster, Inc. · 2012
- Electroactive polymer actuated medical devices1,412US 6,969,395 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · 2005
- Shape-transferring cannula system and method of use1,409US 8,298,161 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2012