Company Analysis

Artivion, Inc. (AORT)

NYSE: AORT · Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus · Kennesaw, GA · filing with the SEC since 1996
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◀ Past 5.9● Present 6.5▶ Future 5.4

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

108 patents granted to the 10 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Artivion, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
108
105 utility, 2 reissue, 1 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
4
Against 3 in 2024 and 4 in 2023
Applications published
79
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
10
a former name, a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Medical technology18
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name10 counted
CryoLife, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
51 granted
20 published
JOTEC GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DK)
31 granted
16 published
On-X Life Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
17 granted
1 published
On-X Life Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
16 published
JOTEC GmbH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
0 granted
12 published
Ascyrus Medical, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
8 published
Ascyrus Medical, LLC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
8 granted
0 published
CryoLife, Inc. a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
5 published
ARTIVION, INC. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
VALVE SPECIAL PURPOSE CO., LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 21, 202512,447,231Human placental tissue graft products, methods, and apparatusesMedical technologyCryoLife, Inc.
Sep 9, 202512,409,026Bifurcated stent graft and method of production thereofMedical technologyJOTEC GmbH
Apr 22, 202512,279,981Hybrid device for surgical aortic repair configured for adaptability of organs of various anatomical characteristics and method of using the sameMedical technologyAscyrus Medical, LLC.
Jan 14, 202512,193,935Pull-through chordae tendineae systemMedical technologyOn-X Life Technologies, Inc.
Dec 17, 202412,167,958Multi-spiral self-expanding stent and methods of making and using the sameMedical technologyAscyrus Medical, LLC.
Sep 3, 202412,076,242Biological chord repair system and methodsMedical technologyOn-X Life Technologies, Inc.
Jun 18, 202412,011,346Branched aortic graft and method of using the sameMedical technologyAscyrus Medical, LLC.
Dec 19, 202311,844,680Expandable vascular implantMedical technologyJOTEC GmbH
Nov 28, 202311,826,271Intraluminal vascular prosthesisMedical technologyJOTEC GmbH
Jun 27, 202311,684,497Intraluminal vessel prosthesis systemMedical technologyJOTEC GmbH
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
May 1, 20252025/0134664PULL-THROUGH CHORDAE TENDINEAE SYSTEMMedical technologyOn-X Life Technologies, Inc.
Dec 19, 20242024/0415651Biological Chord Repair System and MethodsMedical technologyOn-X Life Technologies, Inc.
Nov 30, 20232023/0381005DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR A VASCULAR PROSTHESISMedical technologyJOTEC GmbH
Mar 23, 20232023/0091742HUMAN PLACENTAL TISSUE GRAFT PRODUCTS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSESMedical technologyCryoLife, Inc. · patent 12,447,231 granted from it
Nov 3, 20222022/0346937MULTI-SPIRAL SELF-EXPANDING STENT AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAMEMedical technologyAscyrus Medical, LLC · patent 12,167,958 granted from it
Jun 16, 20222022/0183815BRANCHED AORTIC GRAFT AND METHOD OF USING THE SAMEMedical technologyAscyrus Medical, LLC · patent 12,011,346 granted from it
May 19, 20222022/0151763VASCULAR PROSTHESISMedical technologyJOTEC GmbH
Feb 10, 20222022/0039952PULL-THROUGH CHORDAE TENDINEAE SYSTEMMedical technologyOn-X Life Technologies, Inc. · patent 12,193,935 granted from it
Dec 23, 20212021/0393393BIFURCATED STENT GRAFT AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOFMedical technologyJOTEC GmbH · patent 12,409,026 granted from it
Aug 5, 20212021/0236286Biological Chord Repair System and MethodsMedical technologyOn-X Life Technologies, Inc. · patent 12,076,242 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Medical technology 2.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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