A61M 25/1029
Production methods of the balloon members
Official title: {Production methods of the balloon members, e.g. blow-moulding, extruding, deposition or by wrapping a plurality of layers of balloon material around a mandril}
A61M25/1029 (Production methods of the balloon members) appears on 1,034 US grants and 1,172 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 1,034
- Published applications
- 1,172
- Assignees
- 286
- Inventors
- 1,384
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 30 | 45 |
| 2026 | 21 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Bifurcated dual-balloon catheter system for bifurcated vessels6 Oct 2026US 12,751,843 B2
- Balloon catheter device for atraumatic expansion of hollow organs, and a method for producing such a balloon catheter device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,088 B2BVS—Best Vascular Solutions GmbH
- Composite medical balloon with hybrid outer layer and related production method6 Oct 2026US 12,752,089 B2C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Conformable balloon devices and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,746,376 B2W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Medical balloon having a plurality of structural layers22 Sep 2026US 12,741,124 B2Covidien LP
- Balloon catheter device for atraumatic expansion of hollow organs, and a method for producing such a balloon catheter device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306806 A1
- Balloon catheters and associated methods10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263762 A1Accumed Radial Systems, LLC
- Pre-angioplasty serration of atherosclerotic plaque enabling low-pressure balloon angioplasty & avoidance of stenting27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249056 A1Cagent Vascular, Inc.
- Balloon catheter and methods of use to reduce residual stenosis27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249057 A1Cagent Vascular, Inc.
- Serration balloon20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241150 A1Cagent Vascular, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endovascular system for arresting the heart868US 5,766,151 AHeartport, Inc. · 1998
- Multilayer extrusion of angioplasty balloons635US 5,270,086 ASchneider (USA) Inc. · 1993
- Heat transfer catheters and methods of making and using same632US 5,624,392 A1997
- Vascular guiding catheter assembly and vascular dilating catheter assembly and a combination thereof and methods of making the same592US 4,323,071 AAdvanced Catheter Systems, Inc. · 1982
- Expandable structures for deployment in interior body regions563US 6,719,773 B1Kyphon Inc. · 2004