Conceptus, Inc.
🏢 View company profile →61Patents
29Active
61Granted
47Portfolio score
Filing activity: May 17, 1988 → May 7, 2012 · 21 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.