A61M 60/47
The force acting on the actuation means being mechanical
Official title: the force acting on the actuation means being mechanical, e.g. mechanically driven members clamping a blood vessel
A61M60/47 (The force acting on the actuation means being mechanical) appears on 120 US grants and 138 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 120
- Published applications
- 138
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 238
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2025 | 4 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Heart help device, system and method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233013 A1
- Implantable medical device having a linker and methods thereof19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077179 A1
- Heart help method12 Mar 2026US 2026/0069852 A1
- Heart help device system and method5 Feb 2026US 2026/0034345 A1
- Intra-thoracic cardiac assist devices6 Nov 2025US 2025/0339665 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Actuation mechanisms for a heart actuation device1,020US 7,658,705 B2CardioEnergetics, Inc. · 2010
- Cardiac reinforcement device401US 5,702,343 AAcorn Medical, Inc. · 1997
- Biocompatible ventricular assist and arrhythmia control device including cardiac compression band-stay-pad assembly333US 5,383,840 AVascor, Inc. · 1995
- Biocompatible ventricular assist and arrhythmia control device including cardiac compression pad and compression assembly304US 5,098,369 AVascor, Inc. · 1992
- Prosthetic compliance devices219US 4,938,766 A1990