A61M 25/0668
Splittable, tear apart
Official title: {splittable, tear apart}
A61M25/0668 (Splittable, tear apart) appears on 559 US grants and 605 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 559
- Published applications
- 605
- Assignees
- 233
- Inventors
- 1,024
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 14 | 5 |
| 2002 | 11 | 17 |
| 2003 | 23 | 21 |
| 2004 | 20 | 18 |
| 2005 | 8 | 17 |
| 2006 | 9 | 13 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16 |
| 2008 | 4 | 17 |
| 2009 | 9 | 27 |
| 2010 | 9 | 29 |
| 2011 | 20 | 20 |
| 2012 | 22 | 30 |
| 2013 | 19 | 19 |
| 2014 | 15 | 32 |
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| 2018 | 20 | 26 |
| 2019 | 16 | 28 |
| 2020 | 26 | 33 |
| 2021 | 18 | 25 |
| 2022 | 12 | 29 |
| 2023 | 32 | 36 |
| 2024 | 24 | 34 |
| 2025 | 26 | 25 |
| 2026 | 19 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Rapidly insertable central catheters, catheter insertion assemblies, and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,746,368 B2Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Adaptable wound drainage system15 Sep 2026US 12,734,285 B2IC Surgical, Inc.
- Couplers and assemblies thereof for rapidly insertable central catheters8 Sep 2026US 12,728,236 B2Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Overmold technique for peel-away introducer design1 Sep 2026US 12,721,965 B2ABIOMED, Inc.
- Splittable sheath1 Sep 2026US 12,721,975 B2St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- A delivery sheath for a vascular closure device and/or a vascular closure device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283607 A1
- Removable access sheath24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284362 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Removable access sheath24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284363 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Removable access sheath24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284364 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Expandable access sheath24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284365 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Catheter sheath with longitudinal seam1,673US 4,921,479 A1990
- Reloadable sheath for catheter system for deploying vasoocclusive devices1,506US 6,716,223 B2Micrus Corporation · 2004
- Braided splittable catheter sheath1,125US 6,749,600 B1Impulse Dynamics NV · 2004
- Hub for tearaway sheath assembly1,078US 8,147,456 B2Medical Components, Inc. · 2012
- Hemostasis valve1,062US 8,298,189 B2Medical Components, Inc. · 2012