A61M 2205/0266
Shape memory materials
A61M2205/0266 (Shape memory materials) appears on 1,096 US grants and 1,616 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 1,096
- Published applications
- 1,616
- Assignees
- 500
- Inventors
- 2,121
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 12 | 38 |
| 2005 | 11 | 20 |
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| 2007 | 18 | 49 |
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| 2019 | 66 | 120 |
| 2020 | 58 | 93 |
| 2021 | 68 | 145 |
| 2022 | 88 | 118 |
| 2023 | 97 | 117 |
| 2024 | 100 | 124 |
| 2025 | 92 | 93 |
| 2026 | 55 | 86 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Apparatus, system and method for fluid delivery6 Oct 2026US 12,751,899 B2DEKA Products Limited Partnership
- Apparatus, system and method for fluid delivery29 Sep 2026US 12,747,046 B2DEKA Products Limited Partnership
- Bilaterally driven intelligent control infusion device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,087 B2Medtrum Technologies Inc.
- Stylet with improved threadability22 Sep 2026US 12,741,122 B2Teleflex Medical Incorporated
- Medical devices with distal control15 Sep 2026US 12,734,334 B2MicroNovus, LLC
- Sheaths for needle delivery8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306752 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Coiled Catheter and Methods of Use1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295143 A1
- Cerebrospinal fluid shunt1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295224 A1Azygos Vascular, Inc.
- Systems and methods for transcatheter aortic valve treatment24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284360 A1Silk Road Medical, Inc.
- Apparatus, System and Method for Fluid Delivery17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273178 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for engrafting a blood vessel1,204US 5,591,195 A1997
- Drug delivery system making use of a hydrogel polymer coating1,007US 5,304,121 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1994
- Transcutaneous fluid delivery system954US 7,303,549 B2Insulet Corporation · 2007
- Cost-sensitive application infusion device938US 6,752,787 B1Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2004
- Transcutaneous fluid delivery system830US 6,960,192 B1Insulet Corporation · 2005