Patent Theme
Vascular & Cardiac Implants
Implantable devices designed to repair, replace, or assist the function of blood vessels or heart structures, including stents, valves, and annuloplasty rings.
9,020 US filings from 1,622 companies since 2023 · 2023: 2,321 · 2024: 2,831 · 2025: 2,820 · 2026 YTD: 1,048
Implants & Prosthetics
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 1,227 | 282 | 374 | 417 | 154 | +11.5% |
| 2 | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 477 | 129 | 118 | 163 | 67 | +38.1% |
| 3 | Medtronic, Inc. | 250 | 66 | 68 | 87 | 29 | +27.9% |
| 4 | ABIOMED, INC. | 210 | 46 | 51 | 76 | 37 | +49.0% |
| 5 | MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. | 180 | 58 | 78 | 32 | 12 | -59.0% |
| 6 | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 159 | 45 | 50 | 48 | 16 | -4.0% |
| 7 | TC1 LLC | 148 | 45 | 57 | 35 | 11 | -38.6% |
| 8 | St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | 146 | 28 | 41 | 60 | 17 | +46.3% |
| 9 | Shifamed Holdings, LLC | 103 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 14 | -9.7% |
| 10 | Magenta Medical Ltd. | 103 | 21 | 43 | 30 | 9 | -30.2% |
| 11 | Abiomed Europe GmbH | 100 | 22 | 32 | 34 | 12 | +6.2% |
| 12 | COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC | 80 | 22 | 31 | 23 | 4 | -25.8% |
| 13 | Evalve, Inc. | 79 | 13 | 31 | 18 | 17 | -41.9% |
| 14 | CARDIOVALVE LTD. | 65 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 2 | -48.0% |
| 15 | Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd. | 58 | 13 | 21 | 22 | 2 | +4.8% |
| 16 | Globus Medical, Inc. | 56 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Covidien LP | 54 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 6 | -35.3% |
| 18 | Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc. | 51 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 5 | +28.6% |
| 19 | Bolton Medical, Inc. | 50 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 8 | -29.4% |
| 20 | Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC | 47 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 4 | +14.3% |
| 21 | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 47 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 9 | -41.2% |
| 22 | KARDION GMBH | 45 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 6 | +211.1% |
| 23 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 43 | 23 | 13 | 7 | · | -46.2% |
| 24 | MicroVention, Inc. | 39 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | -16.7% |
| 25 | 4C Medical Technologies, Inc. | 37 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | -40.0% |