Table 1.
Status of major global applications related to stents [15]
| Applicant | US applications (number) |
Japan applications (number) |
Europe applications (number) |
Total (number) |
Technological focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems | 232 | 11 | 22 | 265 | Stent, biocompatible polyacrylate composition |
| Cook Medical Technologies | 77 | 22 | 32 | 111 | Stent graft, prosthesis |
| Boston Scientific Scimed | 77 | 22 | 32 | 111 | Drug release stent, shape memory polymer stent |
| Smith & Nephew | 38 | 8 | 0 | 47 | Bioabsorbable polymer, composition for tissue regeneration |
| Advanced Cardiovascular Systems | 48 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Drug Delivery Device Coating |