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Avinger, Inc.

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76Patents
76Active
76Granted
57Portfolio score

Filing activity: Apr 23, 2008 → Jan 18, 2024 · 5 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9949754B2 Occlusion-crossing devices Human Necessities 617 Active
US8361097B2 Catheter system and method for boring through blocked vascular passages Human Necessities 164 Active
US8062316B2 Catheter system and method for boring through blocked vascular passages Human Necessities 150 Active
US8696695B2 Guidewire positioning catheter Human Necessities 81 Active
US9125562B2 Catheter-based off-axis optical coherence tomography imaging system Human Necessities 79 Active
US9345510B2 Atherectomy catheters with longitudinally displaceable drive shafts Human Necessities 75 Active
US9572492B2 Occlusion-crossing devices, imaging, and atherectomy devices Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 69 Active
US8644913B2 Occlusion-crossing devices, imaging, and atherectomy devices Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 65 Active
US8548571B2 Devices and methods for predicting and preventing restenosis Physics 63 Active
US9498600B2 Atherectomy catheter with laterally-displaceable tip Human Necessities 59 Active
US9788790B2 Optical coherence tomography for biological imaging Human Necessities 54 Active
US9557156B2 Optical coherence tomography with graded index fiber for biological imaging Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Active
US9498247B2 Atherectomy catheters and occlusion crossing devices Human Necessities 53 Active
US9345398B2 Atherectomy catheter drive assemblies Human Necessities 53 Active
US9642646B2 Guidewire positioning catheter Human Necessities 52 Active
US9345406B2 Occlusion-crossing devices, atherectomy devices, and imaging Human Necessities 50 Active
US9592075B2 Atherectomy catheters devices having multi-channel bushings Human Necessities 47 Active
US10130386B2 Identification of elastic lamina to guide interventional therapy Human Necessities 41 Active
US9854979B2 Chronic total occlusion crossing devices with imaging Human Necessities 39 Active
US9918734B2 Catheter system and method for boring through blocked vascular passages Human Necessities 38 Active
US10052125B2 Atherectomy catheter with laterally-displaceable tip Human Necessities 35 Active
US10363062B2 Atherectomy catheters and non-contact actuation mechanism for catheters Human Necessities 33 Active
US10932670B2 Optical pressure sensor assembly Physics 33 Active
US10357277B2 High speed chronic total occlusion crossing devices Human Necessities 30 Active
US10568655B2 Atherectomy catheters devices having multi-channel bushings Human Necessities 29 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.