A61M 25/0125
Catheters carried by the bloodstream
Official title: {Catheters carried by the bloodstream, e.g. with parachutes; Balloon catheters specially designed for this purpose}
A61M25/0125 (Catheters carried by the bloodstream) appears on 86 US grants and 54 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 86
- Published applications
- 54
- Assignees
- 41
- Inventors
- 167
- Latest grant
- 20 Jan 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Passive alignment of commissures in prosthetic heart valve implantation20 Jan 2026US 12,527,663 B2St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for everting catheter for IUD delivery and placement in the uterine cavity16 Sep 2025US 12,414,873 B2CrossBay Medical, Inc.
- System and method for catheterization using an intraluminal electromagnetic working capsule8 Jul 2025US 12,350,001 B2Nivat Medical Device Ltd.
- Passive alignment of commissures in prosthetic heart valve implantation12 Mar 2024US 11,925,556 B2St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Expandable-tip aspiration guide catheter16 Jan 2024US 11,872,359 B2Covidien LP
- Catheter device for retrieving a thrombus from a vessel23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207214 A1Artedrone
- Passive Alignment of Commissures in Prosthetic Heart Valve Implantation2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090886 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for everting catheter for iud delivery and placement in the uterine cavity4 Dec 2025US 2025/0367022 A1CrossBay Medical, Inc.
- Systems and methods for computer-assisted measurement of pulmonary capillary wedge pressure15 May 2025US 2025/0152022 A1
- Apparatus and methods for everting catheters with expandable lumens1 Aug 2024US 2024/0252786 A1CrossBay Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endovascular aortic valve replacement1,735US 5,370,685 AStanford Surgical Technologies, Inc. · 1994
- Endovascular aortic valve replacement1,284US 5,545,214 AHeartport, Inc. · 1996
- System for cardiac procedures1,074US 5,769,812 AHeartport, Inc. · 1998
- Triple lumen balloon catheter1,051US 5,059,177 ACordis Corporation · 1991
- System for cardiac procedures998US 5,584,803 AHeartport, Inc. · 1996