A61M 25/0074
Dynamic characteristics of the catheter tip
Official title: {Dynamic characteristics of the catheter tip, e.g. openable, closable, expandable or deformable}
A61M25/0074 (Dynamic characteristics of the catheter tip) appears on 1,940 US grants and 2,339 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 2,339
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- 754
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 91 | 113 |
| 2026 | 59 | 79 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Rapid aspiration thrombectomy system and method15 Sep 2026US 12,734,333 B2Route 92 Medical, Inc.
- Medical devices with distal control15 Sep 2026US 12,734,334 B2MicroNovus, LLC
- Axial sharp needle reentry device8 Sep 2026US 12,728,228 B2Bentley InnoMed GmbH
- Rapid aspiration thrombectomy system and method8 Sep 2026US 12,728,229 B2Route 92 Medical, Inc.
- Extendable ureteroscope sheath1 Sep 2026US 12,721,642 B2C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Catheter device having a catheter and an actuation device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306794 A1Ecp Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh
- A delivery sheath for a vascular closure device and/or a vascular closure device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283607 A1
- Aspiration thrombectomy system and methods for thrombus removal with aspiration catheter24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283631 A1RapidPulse, Inc.
- Catheter system with highly flexible distal portion for distal access and/or clot removal24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283634 A1Julier Medical AG
- Multi-form catheter24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283686 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dispensing catheter and method1,832US 4,900,303 A1990
- 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
- Aortic heart valve catheter1,457US 4,056,854 AThe United States of America as represented by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare · 1977
- Electro-coagulation and ablation and other electrotherapeutic treatments of body tissue1,344US 5,403,311 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1995