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MEDTRONIC VERSAFLEX INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    18
About

MEDTRONIC VERSAFLEX INC has a total of 18 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1985. It filed its patents most often in United States, Australia and Canada. Its main competitors in its focus markets medical technology are SHANGHAI SOL MILLENNIUM MEDICAL PRODUCTS CO LTD, ACT MEDICAL INC and MAHURKAR SAKHARAM D.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing MEDTRONIC VERSAFLEX INCs patent filings in countries
# Country Total Patents
#1 United States 7
#2 Australia 5
#3 Canada 2
#4 EPO (European Patent Office) 2
#5 Germany 1
#6 Netherlands 1

Patent filings per year

Chart showing MEDTRONIC VERSAFLEX INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Focus industries

# Industry
#1 Medical technology

Focus technologies

# Technology
#1 Syringes
#2 Diagnosis and surgery

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Solar Ronald J 12
#2 Buchbinder Maurice 12
#3 Roucher Leo 6

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US5125895A Steerable catheter
US4917666A Steerable thru-lumen catheter
US4976689A Outer exchange catheter system
US4944740A Outer exchange catheter system
US4960411A Low profile sterrable soft-tip catheter
US4813434A Steerable guidewire with deflectable tip
US4815478A Steerable guidewire with deflectable tip
AU1485488A Steerable guidewire with deflectable tip
EP0282580A1 Outer exchange catheter system
CA1266215A Steerable catheter
CA1262854A Steerable soft-tip catheter and method of using same