A61M 2025/109
Having balloons for removing solid matters
Official title: {having balloons for removing solid matters, e.g. by grasping or scraping plaque, thrombus or other matters that obstruct the flow}
A61M2025/109 (Having balloons for removing solid matters) appears on 389 US grants and 530 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Intraluminal vascular device, particularly for sclerotherapy, and method22 Sep 2026US 12,740,795 B2I-Vasc S.R.L.
- Flexible tubular spring structure, and scoring balloon catheter equipped therewith8 Sep 2026US 12,728,239 B2Nu-Life Consulting Pte Ltd
- Wedge dissectors for a medical balloon25 Aug 2026US 12,714,836 B2Cagent Vascular, Inc.
- Methods, systems and devices for generating pressure waves in intravascular lithotripsy23 Jun 2026US 12,661,136 B2Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
- Balloon catheter2 Jun 2026US 12,642,945 B2Kaneka Corporation
- Pre-angioplasty serration of atherosclerotic plaque enabling low-pressure balloon angioplasty & avoidance of stenting27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249056 A1Cagent Vascular, Inc.
- Shockwave balloon devices20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240555 A1Jiangsu Reynolds Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
- Serration balloon20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241150 A1Cagent Vascular, Inc.
- Catheters and related methods for the aspiration controlled delivery of closure agents16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199643 A1Solvein, Inc.
- Balloon catheter and method for producing balloon catheter2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183520 A1Goodman Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Thrombus extraction system1,118US 5,011,488 A1991
- Integrated vascular device having thrombectomy element and vascular filter and methods of use731US 6,203,561 B1Incept, LLC · 2001
- Apparatus for removing blood clots from arteries and veins712US 5,102,415 A1992
- Angioplasty device and method of using the same641US 4,794,928 A1989
- Vascular filter having articulation region and methods of use in the ascending aorta606US 6,371,970 B1Incept, LLC · 2002