A61M 25/0068
Static characteristics of the catheter tip
Official title: {Static characteristics of the catheter tip, e.g. shape, atraumatic tip, curved tip or tip structure}
A61M25/0068 (Static characteristics of the catheter tip) appears on 3,664 US grants and 4,682 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 3,664
- Published applications
- 4,682
- Assignees
- 1,323
- Inventors
- 6,317
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 179 | 249 |
| 2025 | 156 | 218 |
| 2026 | 103 | 163 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Catheters and systems for direct injection of gas-enriched liquid into a patient6 Oct 2026US 12,752,078 B2Zoll Circulation, Inc.
- Catheter placement device for urethral applications29 Sep 2026US 12,746,371 B2
- System And Methods For Intracranial Vessel Access8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306791 A1
- Urinary catheter products with increased lubricity8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306792 A1Hollister Incorporated
- Catheters, systems, and methods for bypassing an occlusion8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306797 A1Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Packaged lubricated ready-to-use intermittent urinary catheter1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295212 A1
- Low trauma urinary catheter eyelets and methods for making1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295214 A1Hollister Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dispensing catheter and method1,832US 4,900,303 A1990
- Catheter for conducting a procedure within a lumen, duct or organ of a living being1,484US 7,674,253 B2Kensey Nash Corporation · 2010
- Procedure and catheter instrument for treating patients for aortic stenosis1,480US 4,777,951 AMansfield Scientific, Inc. · 1988
- Implantable device and methods for delivering drugs and other substances to treat sinusitis and other disorders1,387US 7,361,168 B2Acclarent, Inc. · 2008
- Medical probe device and method1,238US 5,370,675 AVidamed, Inc. · 1994