A61M 60/825
Contact bearings
Official title: Contact bearings, e.g. ball-and-cup or pivot bearings
A61M60/825 (Contact bearings) appears on 459 US grants and 554 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 459
- Published applications
- 554
- Assignees
- 134
- Inventors
- 558
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2004 | 3 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 4 | 8 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 |
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| 2019 | 27 | 51 |
| 2020 | 24 | 33 |
| 2021 | 24 | 64 |
| 2022 | 39 | 47 |
| 2023 | 47 | 55 |
| 2024 | 44 | 71 |
| 2025 | 35 | 45 |
| 2026 | 30 | 42 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Catheter blood pump delivery, guiding systems and methods of use15 Sep 2026US 12,734,351 B2Supira Medical, Inc.
- Sealed micropump8 Sep 2026US 12,728,255 B2Kardion GmbH
- Intravascular blood pump25 Aug 2026US 12,714,847 B2Abiomed Europe GmbH
- Pump, in particular a blood pump14 Jul 2026US 12,678,613 B2Ecp Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh
- Implantable blood pump for assisting a heart function14 Jul 2026US 12,678,614 B2Berlin Heart GmbH
- Drive shaft cover with a heat conducting part1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295236 A1Ecp Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh
- Pump arrangement24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286983 A1ECP Entwicklungsgesselschaft mbH
- Driving apparatus and blood pump20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241156 A1Shenzhen Core Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
- Inlet guards for blood pumps13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232995 A1Magenta Medical Ltd.
- Inlet guards for blood pumps6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224882 A1Magenta Medical Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Guidable intravascular blood pump and related methods604US 7,022,100 B1A-Med Systems, Inc. · 2006
- High-capacity intravascular blood pump utilizing percutaneous access557US 4,625,712 ANimbus, Inc. · 1986
- Implantable blood pump533US 4,957,504 A1990
- High reliability cardiac assist system510US 5,613,935 A1997
- Catheter pump502US 5,749,855 A1998