A61M 2025/0675
Introducing-sheath slitters
Official title: {Introducing-sheath slitters}
A61M2025/0675 (Introducing-sheath slitters) appears on 92 US grants and 107 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 92
- Published applications
- 107
- Assignees
- 47
- Inventors
- 184
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 8 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4 | 8 |
| 2020 | 6 | 4 |
| 2021 | 7 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 |
| 2026 | 4 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Adaptable wound drainage system15 Sep 2026US 12,734,285 B2IC Surgical, Inc.
- Splitable needle and dilator catheter placement device and associated methods3 Mar 2026US 12,564,705 B2Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Peel away hemostasis valve17 Feb 2026US 12,551,677 B2ABIOMED, Inc.
- Expandable dilator13 Jan 2026US 12,521,536 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Sheath splitting apparatus30 Dec 2025US 12,508,404 B2Vascutek Limited
- Removable access sheath24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284362 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Removable access sheath24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284364 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Sheath splitting apparatus28 May 2026US 2026/0144964 A1Vascutek Limited
- Expandable dilator7 May 2026US 2026/0124437 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Sheath assembly for insertion of a cord-shaped element, particularly a catheter, into the body of a patient23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108707 A1Ecp Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh
Most cited
By later US patents
- Introducer system197US 6,159,198 AMedtronic, Inc. · 2000
- Device for introducing a catheter-cannula into a blood vessel196US 4,581,019 A1986
- Introducer with multiple sheaths and method of use therefor185US 6,494,860 B2Oscor Inc. · 2002
- Device for slitting introducers for pacemaker electrodes174US 4,687,469 A1987
- Device and method for holding and maintaining the position of a medical device such as a cardiac pacing lead or other intravascular instrument and for facilitating removal of a peelable or splittable introducer sheath144US 6,497,681 B1Thomas Medical Products, Inc. · 2002