A61M 25/04
In the body
Official title: in the body, e.g. expansible {(A61M25/10, A61M16/0488 take precedence)}
A61M25/04 (In the body) appears on 1,675 US grants and 2,142 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 1,675
- Published applications
- 2,142
- Assignees
- 748
- Inventors
- 2,872
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | 13 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 30 | 0 |
| 1999 | 32 | 0 |
| 2000 | 36 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 13 |
| 2002 | 19 | 27 |
| 2003 | 34 | 30 |
| 2004 | 21 | 39 |
| 2005 | 20 | 49 |
| 2006 | 20 | 56 |
| 2007 | 13 | 55 |
| 2008 | 12 | 70 |
| 2009 | 13 | 81 |
| 2010 | 33 | 84 |
| 2011 | 52 | 103 |
| 2012 | 62 | 96 |
| 2013 | 85 | 88 |
| 2014 | 74 | 132 |
| 2015 | 79 | 98 |
| 2016 | 78 | 96 |
| 2017 | 87 | 108 |
| 2018 | 76 | 97 |
| 2019 | 94 | 102 |
| 2020 | 88 | 127 |
| 2021 | 89 | 106 |
| 2022 | 71 | 123 |
| 2023 | 89 | 95 |
| 2024 | 92 | 113 |
| 2025 | 71 | 92 |
| 2026 | 43 | 62 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Ureteral stent11 Aug 2026US 12,702,804 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Systems, devices and methods for draining and analyzing bodily fluids4 Aug 2026US 12,697,466 B2Potrero Medical, Inc.
- Balloon catheter4 Aug 2026US 12,697,471 B2Sanford Health
- Cerebrospinal fluid shunt1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295224 A1Azygos Vascular, Inc.
- Electrode placement apparatus and methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295244 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- Catheter systems and methods for medical procedures using catheters17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273244 A1Cerevasc, Inc.
- Female urinary catheter and structural member thereof10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263740 A1Wuhan Silicon-Based Life Medical Technology Co., Ltd
- Securing A Catheter Device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263750 A1INTERRAD Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fixation device delivery catheter, systems and methods of use1,218US 7,226,467 B2Evalve, Inc. · 2007
- Radially expandable fixation member1,042US 5,071,407 ASchneider (USA) Inc. · 1991
- Delivery of agents such as cells to tissue914US 8,182,444 B2Medrad, Inc. · 2012
- Implantable drug delivery catheter system with capillary interface843US 6,471,689 B1Thomas Jefferson University · 2002
- Expanding mesh catheter759US 3,996,938 A1976