Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts

Introduced: January 2013

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents > Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts

CPC:

Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents (dental prostheses A61C13/00; artificial kidneys A61M1/14; artificial hearts A61M60/00) > Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts

CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 5 additional codes.

5 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 3 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

IPC defines codes here since 2013.

Child Classifications

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A61F 2/9517 CPC only CPC only
A61F 2/9522 +3 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61F 2/954 for placing stents or stent-grafts in a bifurcation since 2013 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61F 2/958 Inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts since 2013 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61F 2/962 having an outer sleeve since 2013 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61F 2002/9505 2nd only +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61F 2002/9528 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61F 2002/9534 2nd only CPC only CPC only

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class A61,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 18,523
NOVARTIS CH 14,253
COVIDIEN US 13,953
ROCHE CH 12,005
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 11,955
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 11,692
HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 11,596
L'OREAL FR 11,593
P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 11,297
OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 9,594

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class A61,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 20,621
NOVARTIS CH 15,792
ROCHE CH 14,303
COVIDIEN US 13,862
HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 13,454
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 12,798
P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 12,140
L'OREAL FR 11,800
OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 9,894
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED US 9,513