A61N 1/0592
Introducing the lead through the pericardium with a needle
Official title: {Introducing the lead through the pericardium with a needle}
A61N1/0592 (Introducing the lead through the pericardium with a needle) appears on 58 US grants and 87 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61N- Granted patents
- 58
- Published applications
- 87
- Assignees
- 28
- Inventors
- 102
- Latest grant
- 23 Dec 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 6 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 6 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4 | 7 |
| 2016 | 2 | 10 |
| 2017 | 5 | 6 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 |
| 2020 | 8 | 3 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3 |
| 2022 | 5 | 10 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Screw-in pericardial leads and systems for delivering screw-in pericardial leads23 Dec 2025US 12,502,532 B2Pacesetter, Inc.
- Implant tools for extravascular implantation of medical leads11 Nov 2025US 12,465,399 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Implanting a lead in the internal thoracic vasculature4 Nov 2025US 12,458,798 B2Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
- Implantable medical electrode assemblies, devices, systems, kits, and methods1 Jul 2025US 12,343,543 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Extravascular implant tools utilizing a bore-in mechanism and implant techniques using such tools31 Dec 2024US 12,178,470 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Pericardial lead5 Mar 2026US 2026/0061188 A1Pacesetter, Inc.
- Implantable medical electrode assemblies, devices, systems, kits, and methods16 Oct 2025US 2025/0319313 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- Cardiac pacing7 Aug 2025US 2025/0248736 A1AtaCor Medical, Inc.
- Cardiac pacing10 Apr 2025US 2025/0114123 A1AtaCor Medical, Inc.
- Implantable medical devices and methods for making and delivering implantable medical devices19 Dec 2024US 2024/0416114 A1Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cardiac pacing lead99US 5,350,419 AEthicon, Inc. · 1994
- Engagement catheter systems and devices and methods of using the same63US 8,876,776 B2CVDevices, LLC · 2014
- Interventional medical systems, tools, and methods of use50US 9,539,423 B2Medtronic, Inc. · 2017
- Implantable medical devices and methods for making and delivering implantable medical devices40US 10,603,487 B2Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. · 2020
- Implantable medical devices and methods for making and delivering implantable medical devices36US 10,092,745 B2Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. · 2018