A61M 60/161
Mechanically acting upon the outside of the patient's blood vessel structure
Official title: mechanically acting upon the outside of the patient's blood vessel structure, e.g. compressive structures placed around a vessel
A61M60/161 (Mechanically acting upon the outside of the patient's blood vessel structure) appears on 107 US grants and 122 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 107
- Published applications
- 122
- Assignees
- 58
- Inventors
- 203
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Cardiac reinforcement device401US 5,702,343 AAcorn Medical, Inc. · 1997
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- Prosthetic compliance devices219US 4,938,766 A1990
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