A61M 2025/1079
Having radio-opaque markers in the region of the balloon
Official title: {having radio-opaque markers in the region of the balloon}
A61M2025/1079 (Having radio-opaque markers in the region of the balloon) appears on 645 US grants and 674 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 645
- Published applications
- 674
- Assignees
- 272
- Inventors
- 1,069
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 19 | 9 |
| 2002 | 20 | 25 |
| 2003 | 15 | 15 |
| 2004 | 15 | 12 |
| 2005 | 8 | 22 |
| 2006 | 4 | 13 |
| 2007 | 3 | 13 |
| 2008 | 2 | 10 |
| 2009 | 2 | 14 |
| 2010 | 10 | 17 |
| 2011 | 3 | 23 |
| 2012 | 9 | 20 |
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| 2015 | 18 | 45 |
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| 2020 | 38 | 59 |
| 2021 | 39 | 48 |
| 2022 | 27 | 31 |
| 2023 | 37 | 36 |
| 2024 | 28 | 36 |
| 2025 | 21 | 26 |
| 2026 | 18 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Guide catheter and methods of using the same29 Sep 2026US 12,746,373 B2Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Chest drainage systems and methods1 Sep 2026US 12,721,940 B2Atrium Medical Corporation
- Devices and systems for access and navigation of cerebrospinal fluid space1 Sep 2026US 12,721,980 B2Pharaoh Neuro, Inc.
- System for determining location inside body25 Aug 2026US 12,714,835 B2Chonnam National University Hospital
- Stent alignment during treatment of a bifurcation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294657 A1Advanced Bifurcation Systems Inc.
- Balloon catheters and associated methods10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263762 A1Accumed Radial Systems, LLC
- Medical Apparatus for Enhanced Endoluminal Delivery of Treatment Agent20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241147 A1Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Reinforced Balloon Catheter20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241149 A1MicroVention, Inc.
- Balloon catheter and method for manufacturing balloon catheter6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224862 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Perfusion balloon catheter683US 4,909,252 AThe Regents of the Univ. of California · 1990
- Vascular guiding catheter assembly and vascular dilating catheter assembly and a combination thereof and methods of making the same592US 4,323,071 AAdvanced Catheter Systems, Inc. · 1982
- Catheter system for emboli containment551US 6,022,336 APercusurge, Inc. · 2000
- Exchange method for emboli containment530US 6,544,276 B1Medtronic AVE, Inc. · 2003
- Steerable drug delivery device470US 6,623,448 B2Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 2003