A61M 2025/1043
With special features or adapted for special applications
Official title: {with special features or adapted for special applications}
A61M2025/1043 (With special features or adapted for special applications) appears on 6,144 US grants and 7,200 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 6,144
- Published applications
- 7,200
- Assignees
- 1,648
- Inventors
- 7,592
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 14 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 19 | 0 |
| 1987 | 22 | 0 |
| 1988 | 18 | 0 |
| 1989 | 22 | 0 |
| 1990 | 32 | 0 |
| 1991 | 46 | 0 |
| 1992 | 61 | 0 |
| 1993 | 70 | 0 |
| 1994 | 98 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 111 | 0 |
| 1997 | 113 | 0 |
| 1998 | 184 | 0 |
| 1999 | 138 | 0 |
| 2000 | 167 | 0 |
| 2001 | 150 | 87 |
| 2002 | 140 | 213 |
| 2003 | 207 | 204 |
| 2004 | 130 | 249 |
| 2005 | 112 | 227 |
| 2006 | 90 | 207 |
| 2007 | 80 | 246 |
| 2008 | 69 | 215 |
| 2009 | 69 | 245 |
| 2010 | 142 | 255 |
| 2011 | 159 | 279 |
| 2012 | 178 | 309 |
| 2013 | 223 | 301 |
| 2014 | 232 | 319 |
| 2015 | 258 | 366 |
| 2016 | 220 | 312 |
| 2017 | 229 | 319 |
| 2018 | 231 | 322 |
| 2019 | 309 | 386 |
| 2020 | 321 | 403 |
| 2021 | 270 | 350 |
| 2022 | 240 | 289 |
| 2023 | 248 | 293 |
| 2024 | 205 | 303 |
| 2025 | 227 | 297 |
| 2026 | 145 | 204 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61M 2025/1052For temporarily occluding a vessel for isolating a sectorIndexing code1,486
- A61M 2025/105Having a balloon suitable for drug deliveryIndexing code1,380
- A61M 2025/1086Having a special balloon surface topographyIndexing code935
- A61M 2025/1093Having particular tip characteristicsIndexing code653
- A61M 2025/1079Having radio-opaque markers in the region of the balloonIndexing code645
- A61M 2025/1075Having a balloon composed of several layersIndexing code609
- A61M 2025/1081Having sheaths or the like for covering the balloon but not formingIndexing code539
- A61M 2025/1084Having features for increasing the shape stability, the reproducibility or for limitingIndexing code434
All 24 subgroupsShow fewer
- A61M 2025/109Having balloons for removing solid mattersIndexing code389
- A61M 2025/1072Having balloons with two or more compartmentsIndexing code332
- A61M 2025/1095With perfusion means for enabling blood circulation while the balloon is inIndexing code323
- A61M 2025/1047Having centering meansIndexing code301
- A61M 2025/1097With perfusion means for enabling blood circulation only while the balloon isIndexing code301
- A61M 2025/1061Having separate inflations tubesIndexing code284
- A61M 2025/1088Having special surface characteristics depending on material properties or added substancesIndexing code244
- A61M 2025/1068Having means for varying the length or diameter of the deployed balloonIndexing code227
- A61M 2025/1059Having different inflatable sections mainly depending on the response to the inflationIndexing code218
- A61M 2025/1045For treating bifurcationsIndexing code195
- A61M 2025/1056Having guide wire lumens outside the main shaft, i.e. the guide wireIndexing code184
- A61M 2025/1054Having detachable or disposable balloonsIndexing code152
- A61M 2025/1063Having only one lumen used for guide wire and inflationIndexing code145
- A61M 2025/1077Having a system for expelling the air out of the balloon beforeIndexing code136
- A61M 2025/1065Having a balloon which is inversely attached to the shaft at theIndexing code115
- A61M 2025/107Having a longitudinal slit in the balloonIndexing code89
Recent patents
- Bifurcated dual-balloon catheter system for bifurcated vessels6 Oct 2026US 12,751,843 B2
- Aortic arch repair systems, devices and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,846 B2Octin Health, Inc.
- Catheters and systems for direct injection of gas-enriched liquid into a patient6 Oct 2026US 12,752,078 B2Zoll Circulation, Inc.
- Eluting perfusion catheters and related methods6 Oct 2026US 12,752,087 B2Teleflex Life Sciences Limited
- Balloon catheter device for atraumatic expansion of hollow organs, and a method for producing such a balloon catheter device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,088 B2BVS—Best Vascular Solutions GmbH
- Balloon cervical dilation devices with telescoping inner shaft, methods of use and manufacture and kits therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306137 A1Medicines360
- Trodusquemine-coated balloon for targeted treatment of atherosclerosis8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306719 A1Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Systems and methods to sense characteristics of a therapeutic agent in vivo8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306803 A1TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc.
- Chemical ablation and method of treatment for various diseases8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306804 A1Neurotronic, Inc.
- Method for treatment of airway stricture or stenosis8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306805 A1Airiver Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dilating and support apparatus with disease inhibitors and methods for use1,862US 6,450,989 B2Artemis Medical, Inc. · 2002
- Endovascular aortic valve replacement1,735US 5,370,685 AStanford Surgical Technologies, Inc. · 1994
- Methods and apparatus for bypassing arterial obstructions and/or performing other transvascular procedures1,703US 6,190,353 B1TransVascular, Inc. · 2001
- Atherectomy device having a flexible housing1,560US 4,781,186 ADevices for Vascular Intervention, Inc. · 1988
- Coaxial catheter system1,540US 7,766,894 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2010