IPC Subgroup
A61M 25/01 Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
Introduced: January 1990
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Catheters; Hollow probes > Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- Subclass:
- DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
Filing statistics
IPC A61M 25/01 belongs to the parent subclass A61M, which recorded 625,206 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 34,933 in 2013 to 61,902 in 2023 (+77%), peaking at 84,326 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class A61 are PHILIPS ELECTRONICS (18,523 applications), NOVARTIS (14,253 applications) and COVIDIEN (13,953 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A61M 25/02 Holding devices, e.g. on the body
- A61M 25/06 Body-piercing guide needles or the like
- A61M 25/08 Advancing means, e.g. self-propelled
- A61M 25/088 using an additional catheter, e.g. to reach relatively inaccessible places
- A61M 25/09 Guide wires
- A61M 25/092 Remote control of the orientation of the distal end
- A61M 25/095 Arrangements for enabling the detection of the internal position of the catheter, e.g. radiographically
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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