Vascular & Cardiac Implants

Implantable devices designed to repair, replace, or assist the function of blood vessels or heart structures, including stents, valves, and annuloplasty rings.

9,417 US filings from 1,658 companies since 2023 · 2023: 2,718 · 2024: 2,831 · 2025: 2,820 · 2026 YTD: 1,048

Implants & Prosthetics

Top companies

Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	1,292	347	374	417	154	+11.5%
2	Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.	503	155	118	163	67	+38.1%
3	Medtronic, Inc.	262	78	68	87	29	+27.9%
4	ABIOMED, INC.	214	50	51	76	37	+49.0%
5	MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.	187	65	78	32	12	-59.0%
6	W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.	166	52	50	48	16	-4.0%
7	St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.	150	32	41	60	17	+46.3%
8	TC1 LLC	150	47	57	35	11	-38.6%
9	Shifamed Holdings, LLC	108	35	31	28	14	-9.7%
10	Abiomed Europe GmbH	107	29	32	34	12	+6.2%
11	Magenta Medical Ltd.	103	21	43	30	9	-30.2%
12	COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC	86	28	31	23	4	-25.8%
13	Evalve, Inc.	79	13	31	18	17	-41.9%
14	CARDIOVALVE LTD.	67	27	25	13	2	-48.0%
15	Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd.	61	16	21	22	2	+4.8%
16	Covidien LP	57	23	17	11	6	-35.3%
17	Globus Medical, Inc.	57	13	20	20	4	0.0%
18	Bolton Medical, Inc.	53	16	17	12	8	-29.4%
19	Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc.	51	14	14	18	5	+28.6%
20	Merit Medical Systems, Inc.	49	13	17	10	9	-41.2%
21	Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC	48	14	14	16	4	+14.3%
22	KARDION GMBH	47	4	9	28	6	+211.1%
23	MicroVention, Inc.	44	20	12	10	2	-16.7%
24	DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.	43	23	13	7	·	-46.2%
25	4C Medical Technologies, Inc.	37	2	15	9	11	-40.0%