Patent Theme
Catheter-based Intervention Devices
Minimally invasive medical devices, typically flexible tubes, inserted into body lumens to deliver substances, remove obstructions, or perform localized treatments like ablation, dialysis, or drainage.
12,371 US filings from 2,265 companies since 2023 · 2023: 3,100 · 2024: 4,014 · 2025: 3,639 · 2026 YTD: 1,618
Drug Delivery Devices
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 864 | 161 | 270 | 303 | 130 | +12.2% |
| 2 | Becton, Dickinson and Company | 544 | 149 | 206 | 120 | 69 | -41.7% |
| 3 | BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD. | 380 | 87 | 153 | 86 | 54 | -43.8% |
| 4 | Covidien LP | 303 | 102 | 112 | 66 | 23 | -41.1% |
| 5 | TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 275 | 74 | 81 | 95 | 25 | +17.3% |
| 6 | St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | 178 | 31 | 64 | 55 | 28 | -14.1% |
| 7 | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. | 170 | 40 | 50 | 59 | 21 | +18.0% |
| 8 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. | 165 | 34 | 58 | 47 | 26 | -19.0% |
| 9 | Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited | 151 | 29 | 43 | 55 | 24 | +27.9% |
| 10 | C. R. Bard, Inc. | 143 | 45 | 46 | 45 | 7 | -2.2% |
| 11 | Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 140 | 46 | 43 | 32 | 19 | -25.6% |
| 12 | NEURAVI LIMITED | 138 | 42 | 57 | 22 | 17 | -61.4% |
| 13 | PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION | 116 | 27 | 36 | 36 | 17 | 0.0% |
| 14 | Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 98 | 12 | 35 | 38 | 13 | +8.6% |
| 15 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 96 | 9 | 43 | 30 | 14 | -30.2% |
| 16 | PUREWICK CORPORATION | 95 | 16 | 33 | 26 | 20 | -21.2% |
| 17 | Medtronic, Inc. | 94 | 28 | 28 | 22 | 16 | -21.4% |
| 18 | Inari Medical, Inc. | 93 | 28 | 41 | 19 | 5 | -53.7% |
| 19 | ABIOMED, INC. | 92 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 16 | +123.5% |
| 20 | SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL, INC. | 88 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 14 | +193.8% |
| 21 | KANEKA CORPORATION | 83 | 13 | 20 | 25 | 25 | +25.0% |
| 22 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 82 | 35 | 24 | 20 | 3 | -16.7% |
| 23 | Imperative Care, Inc. | 75 | 20 | 26 | 19 | 10 | -26.9% |
| 24 | MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. | 72 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 11 | +23.5% |
| 25 | MicroVention, Inc. | 70 | 12 | 23 | 26 | 9 | +13.0% |