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Conceptus, Inc.

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61Patents
29Active
61Granted
47Portfolio score

Filing activity: May 17, 1988 → May 7, 2012 · 21 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5601600A Endoluminal coil delivery system having a mechanical release mechanism Human Necessities 371 Expired
US5935098A Apparatus and method for accessing and manipulating the uterus Human Necessities 312 Expired
US5716321A Method for maintaining separation between a falloposcope and a tubal wall Human Necessities 174 Expired
US6709667B1 Deployment actuation system for intrafallopian contraception Human Necessities 165 Expired
US5947958A Radiation-transmitting sheath and methods for its use Human Necessities 137 Expired
US5746769A Endoluminal coil delivery system having a mechanical release mechanism Human Necessities 134 Expired
US5873815A Access catheter and method for maintaining separation between a falloposcope and a tubal wall Human Necessities 133 Expired
US6071283A Selectively coated electrosurgical instrument Human Necessities 126 Expired
US6634361B1 Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 125 Expired
US6763833B1 Insertion/deployment catheter system for intrafallopian contraception Human Necessities 121 Expired
US6705323B1 Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 113 Expired
US6145505A Electrically affixed transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices Human Necessities 112 Expired
US6080152A Electrosurgical instrument Human Necessities 108 Expired
US6526979B1 Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 105 Expired
US6176240A Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and their delivery Human Necessities 98 Expired
US5551443A Guidewire-type device axially moveable by torque or axial force and methods for use thereof Human Necessities 92 Expired
US6684884B2 Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 92 Expired
US6196966A Access catheter and method for maintaining separation between a falloposcope and a tubal wall Human Necessities 86 Expired
US4846818A Incontinence appliance Human Necessities 85 Expired
US7694683B2 Methods and devices for occluding body lumens and/or for delivering therapeutic agents Human Necessities 77 Expired
US5704899A Protective sheath for a fiberoptic image guide within an articulated endoscope Performing Operations; Transporting 76 Expired
US6080129A Method and apparatus for performing hysterosalpingography Human Necessities 71 Expired
US7699056B2 Medical devices and methods of making and using such devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Active
US5391146A Mechanism for manipulating the distal end of a biomedical device Human Necessities 67 Expired
US5935056A Access catheter and method for maintaining separation between a falloposcope and a tubal wall Human Necessities 60 Expired

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