B29L 2031/7542
Catheters
Official title: {Catheters}
B29L2031/7542 (Catheters) appears on 965 US grants and 997 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29L- Granted patents
- 965
- Published applications
- 997
- Assignees
- 325
- Inventors
- 1,545
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 30 | 0 |
| 1999 | 25 | 0 |
| 2000 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 17 |
| 2002 | 18 | 24 |
| 2003 | 23 | 39 |
| 2004 | 14 | 32 |
| 2005 | 18 | 33 |
| 2006 | 15 | 63 |
| 2007 | 9 | 31 |
| 2008 | 15 | 29 |
| 2009 | 14 | 33 |
| 2010 | 48 | 62 |
| 2011 | 44 | 46 |
| 2012 | 32 | 45 |
| 2013 | 45 | 47 |
| 2014 | 31 | 55 |
| 2015 | 42 | 59 |
| 2016 | 36 | 55 |
| 2017 | 29 | 56 |
| 2018 | 39 | 56 |
| 2019 | 43 | 28 |
| 2020 | 42 | 51 |
| 2021 | 30 | 24 |
| 2022 | 22 | 37 |
| 2023 | 38 | 20 |
| 2024 | 25 | 26 |
| 2025 | 21 | 16 |
| 2026 | 14 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Bifurcated dual-balloon catheter system for bifurcated vessels6 Oct 2026US 12,751,843 B2
- Multi-layered catheter shaft construction with embedded single axial sensors, and related methods1 Sep 2026US 12,721,563 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Overmold technique for peel-away introducer design1 Sep 2026US 12,721,965 B2ABIOMED, Inc.
- Multi-lumen catheter and method of its manufacture25 Aug 2026US 12,714,822 B2St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Balloon expanded polymer stent9 Jun 2026US 12,648,865 B2Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
- Balloon expandable polymer stent17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272686 A1Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
- Serration balloon20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241150 A1Cagent Vascular, Inc.
- Method of attaching a connector element to a tubular element2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183509 A1Coloplast A/S
- Crosslinked ptfe2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184827 A1Zeus Co., Ltd.
- Method of manufacturing a jacket assembly and material extrusion machine for manufacturing a jacket assembly25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175511 A1Creganna Unlimited Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flexible tubular device for use in medical applications929US 5,573,520 AMayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research · 1996
- Multilayer extrusion of angioplasty balloons635US 5,270,086 ASchneider (USA) Inc. · 1993
- Flexible tubular device for use in medical applications586US 5,741,429 ACardia Catheter Company · 1998
- Filter-catheter and method of manufacturing same541US 5,421,832 A1995
- Guiding catheter519US 4,817,613 ADevices for Vascular Intervention, Inc. · 1989