A61M 25/09
Guide wires
A61M25/09 (Guide wires) appears on 4,814 US grants and 5,911 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 4,814
- Published applications
- 5,911
- Assignees
- 1,454
- Inventors
- 7,109
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 21 | 0 |
| 1989 | 41 | 0 |
| 1990 | 41 | 0 |
| 1991 | 34 | 0 |
| 1992 | 56 | 0 |
| 1993 | 63 | 0 |
| 1994 | 84 | 0 |
| 1995 | 67 | 0 |
| 1996 | 64 | 0 |
| 1997 | 59 | 0 |
| 1998 | 99 | 0 |
| 1999 | 88 | 0 |
| 2000 | 89 | 0 |
| 2001 | 99 | 30 |
| 2002 | 101 | 123 |
| 2003 | 108 | 128 |
| 2004 | 57 | 141 |
| 2005 | 44 | 142 |
| 2006 | 66 | 119 |
| 2007 | 45 | 126 |
| 2008 | 36 | 165 |
| 2009 | 45 | 165 |
| 2010 | 105 | 167 |
| 2011 | 112 | 140 |
| 2012 | 116 | 169 |
| 2013 | 148 | 187 |
| 2014 | 144 | 261 |
| 2015 | 172 | 245 |
| 2016 | 160 | 273 |
| 2017 | 184 | 327 |
| 2018 | 194 | 311 |
| 2019 | 262 | 360 |
| 2020 | 266 | 382 |
| 2021 | 253 | 403 |
| 2022 | 254 | 350 |
| 2023 | 271 | 303 |
| 2024 | 274 | 371 |
| 2025 | 235 | 271 |
| 2026 | 199 | 252 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61M 2025/09175Having specific characteristics at the distal tipIndexing code1,182
- A61M 25/09041Mechanisms for insertion of guide wires1,095
- A61M 2025/09058Basic structures of guide wiresIndexing code897
- A61M 2025/09133Having specific material compositions or coatingsIndexing code550
- A61M 2025/09125Device for locking a guide wire in a fixed position with respectIndexing code422
- A61M 2025/09116Design of handles or shafts or gripping surfaces thereof for manipulating guideIndexing code391
- A61M 2025/09108Methods for making a guide wireIndexing code322
- A61M 25/09016With mandrils311
All 14 subgroupsShow fewer
- A61M 2025/09166Having radio-opaque featuresIndexing code265
- A61M 2025/09008Having a balloonIndexing code258
- A61M 2025/0915Having features for changing the stiffnessIndexing code214
- A61M 25/0905Extendable213
- A61M 2025/09191Made of twisted wiresIndexing code180
- A61M 2025/091Having a lumen for drug delivery or suctionIndexing code127
Recent patents
- Bifurcated dual-balloon catheter system for bifurcated vessels6 Oct 2026US 12,751,843 B2
- Cannula and infusion devices6 Oct 2026US 12,752,052 B2Unomedical A/S
- Guidewire including an elongated body with a flexible distal section6 Oct 2026US 12,752,085 B2Covidien LP
- Systems and methods for the control of multiple degrees-of-freedom bending and the bending length of a coaxially aligned robotically steerable guidewire6 Oct 2026US 12,752,086 B2Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- System with removable hubs for manual and robotic procedure29 Sep 2026US 12,746,077 B2Imperative Care, Inc.
- Device for automatically inserting and manipulating a medical tool into and within a bodily lumen8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305918 A1Microbot Medical Ltd.
- Robotic manipulation of a surgical tool handle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305919 A1Microbot Medical Ltd.
- Device for automatically threading guide wire into valve and fully-automatic radiography robot8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306197 A1Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Biomedical Robot Co., Ltd.
- Venous embolic protection filter8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306239 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Retractable Insertion Tubes for Medical Devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306790 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic catheter system1,662US 7,972,298 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2011
- Steerable medical device1,657US 5,108,368 APilot Cardiovascular System, Inc. · 1992
- Tissue access guidewire system and method1,558US 7,857,813 B2Baxano, Inc. · 2010
- Guidewire exchange systems to treat spinal stenosis1,451US 8,257,356 B2Baxano, Inc. · 2012
- Helical guidewire1,230US 5,313,967 AMedtronic, Inc. · 1994