A61M 2025/09166
Having radio-opaque features
Official title: {having radio-opaque features}
A61M2025/09166 (Having radio-opaque features) appears on 265 US grants and 338 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 265
- Published applications
- 338
- Assignees
- 139
- Inventors
- 581
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 15 | 19 |
| 2024 | 19 | 23 |
| 2025 | 7 | 13 |
| 2026 | 19 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Guidewire having radiopaque inner coil29 Sep 2026US 12,746,370 B2Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
- Guidewire devices having shapeable tips and bypass cuts1 Sep 2026US 12,721,976 B2Scientia Vascular, LLC
- Integrated coil vascular devices18 Aug 2026US 12,708,749 B2Scientia Vascular, LLC
- Introducer assembly particularly for balloon catheters11 Aug 2026US 12,702,802 B2Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- Tissue cutting systems and methods28 Jul 2026US 12,691,259 B2National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Pliable guidewire and method of manufacture24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284366 A1Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
- Guidewire system10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263754 A1MicroVention, Inc.
- Pressure sensing guidewire device and methods of use thereof2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182919 A1Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Guidewire tip shaping tool2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183514 A1Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
- Medical device shaft and medical device2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183519 A1Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Steerable guide wire for balloon dilatation procedure480US 4,545,390 AC. R. Bard, Inc. · 1985
- Tubular medical endoprostheses479US 6,290,721 B1Boston Scientific Corporation · 2001
- Tubular medical endoprostheses466US 5,725,570 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1998
- Fiber optic guide wire and support catheter therefor423US 5,514,128 AThe Spectranetics Corporation · 1996
- Dual coil guidewire with radiopaque distal tip420US 5,345,945 ABaxter International Inc. · 1994