Balloon catheters ( inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts A61F2/958 )

Introduced: January 1990

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Balloon catheters

CPC: Balloon catheters ( inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts A61F2/958 )

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Catheters; Hollow probes > Balloon catheters

CPC:

Catheters; Hollow probes (dilators A61M29/00; ; for measuring or testing A61B; ) > Balloon catheters ( inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts A61F2/958 )

CPC subdivides this area 9x more granularly than IPC with 9 additional codes.

9 codes are CPC-only extensions, 1 exist only in IPC.

IPC defines codes here since 1995.

Child Classifications

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A61M 2025/1043 2nd only +24 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61M 25/1002 +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61M 25/1006 CPC only CPC only
A61M 25/1009 CPC only CPC only
A61M 25/1011 +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61M 25/1018 +4 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61M 25/1025 CPC only CPC only
A61M 25/1027 +4 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61M 25/104 CPC only CPC only
A61M 25/12 Arrangements for detaching the balloon when in place since 1995 IPC only IPC 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