A61M 60/82
Magnetic bearings
A61M60/82 (Magnetic bearings) appears on 406 US grants and 417 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 406
- Published applications
- 417
- Assignees
- 140
- Inventors
- 475
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 4 |
| 2002 | 9 | 6 |
| 2003 | 11 | 10 |
| 2004 | 8 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 10 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 | 9 |
| 2008 | 5 | 17 |
| 2009 | 3 | 9 |
| 2010 | 8 | 3 |
| 2011 | 6 | 4 |
| 2012 | 7 | 16 |
| 2013 | 8 | 14 |
| 2014 | 14 | 18 |
| 2015 | 16 | 19 |
| 2016 | 20 | 33 |
| 2017 | 25 | 20 |
| 2018 | 24 | 36 |
| 2019 | 24 | 30 |
| 2020 | 24 | 20 |
| 2021 | 25 | 30 |
| 2022 | 20 | 27 |
| 2023 | 24 | 21 |
| 2024 | 27 | 21 |
| 2025 | 14 | 24 |
| 2026 | 16 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Pump unit for a centrifugal pump and a centrifugal pump18 Aug 2026US 12,710,049 B2Levitronix LLC
- Heart pump11 Aug 2026US 12,702,818 B2BiVACOR Inc.
- Blood pump11 Aug 2026US 12,702,819 B2Abiomed Europe GmbH
- Alternating pump gaps4 Aug 2026US 12,698,776 B2Tc1 LLC
- Implantable blood pump for assisting a heart function14 Jul 2026US 12,678,614 B2Berlin Heart GmbH
- Method for producing a bearing arrangement for an implantable blood pump, bearing arrangement and implantable blood pump17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273262 A1Berlin Heart GmbH
- Centrifugal lvad with wireless power transfer and antithrombotic slic coating3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257054 A1Baylor College of Medicine
- Blood pump16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199661 A1Abiomed Europe GmbH
- Magnetic propulsion and bearing for a hemodynamic support pump25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175009 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Left Atrium Unloading Device14 May 2026US 2026/0131129 A1University of Denver
Most cited
By later US patents
- Left ventricular assist device and method for temporary and permanent procedures560US 4,995,857 A1991
- Axial flow blood pump with hydrodynamically suspended rotor386US 5,211,546 ANu-Tech Industries, Inc. · 1993
- Magnetically suspended rotor axial flow blood pump373US 4,779,614 ANimbus Medical, Inc. · 1988
- Bearingless blood pump and electronic drive system372US 6,071,093 AABIOMED, Inc. · 2000
- Artificial hearts with permanent magnet bearings340US 5,507,629 A1996