Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
634 patents granted to the 19 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 Merit Medical Systems, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
634
605 utility, 28 design, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
26
Against 30 in 2024 and 35 in 2023
Applications published
582
34 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
19
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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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 technology153
Pharmaceuticals4
Textile and paper machines2
Basic materials chemistry2
Handling1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name19 counted
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
85 publishedMerit Medical Systems, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
303 publishedDFine, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
45 publishedCianna Medical, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
13 publishedBiosphere Medical, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
18 publishedDFine, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
38 publishedCianna Medical, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
32 publishedBiosphere Medical, SA a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 publishedBiosphere Medical, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
13 publishedVascular Access Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedVascular Access Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
10 publishedThomas Medical Products, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 publishedKA Medical, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
6 publishedBRIGHTWATER MEDICAL, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
5 publishedKA Medical, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedMerit Medical Ireland Limited a subsidiary
IE, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
0 publishedMerit Medical Ireland Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in IE
3 publishedRestore Endosystems, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
3 publishedBrightWater Medical, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedNames not counted (1)
Merit Medical GmbH
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in DE. 2 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,508,007 | Methods and devices for manipulating and fastening tissue | Medical technology | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Dec 9, 2025 | 12,491,097 | Systems and methods for coupling and decoupling a catheter | Medical technology | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 12,484,911 | Inflatable radial artery compression device with cinching wristband and method of use | Medical technology | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 12,484,820 | Biopsy devices, rotary indexers, and methods of use | Medical technology | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Nov 11, 2025 | 12,465,453 | Marker inserter | Medical technology | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 12,458,484 | Layered medical appliances and methods | Medical technology | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Oct 14, 2025 | 12,440,606 | Serially deposited fiber materials and associated devices and methods | Medical technology | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Oct 7, 2025 | 12,433,714 | Apparatus, systems, and methods for localizing markers or tissue structures within a body | Medical technology | Cianna Medical, Inc. |
| Oct 7, 2025 | 12,433,671 | Tumor ablation devices and related methods | Medical technology | DFine, Inc. |
| Oct 7, 2025 | 12,433,585 | Methods and devices for manipulating and fastening tissue | Medical technology | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0387248 | STENT EXPANDING BALLOON WITH FRICTION ENHANCING MATERIALS AND FEATURES | Medical technology | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0381390 | EXTRACTION DEVICES AND METHODS OF EXTRACTING IMPLANTED MEDICAL DEVICES | Medical technology | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0381368 | SHEATH HOLDER AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Medical technology | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0375476 | FIBROUS CONSTRUCTS WITH THERAPEUTIC MATERIAL PARTICLES | Medical technology | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2025/0352803 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR AMBULATORY CARDIAC PACING | Medical technology | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 2025/0331833 | HEMOSTASIS DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE | Medical technology | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 2025/0325390 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COUPLING AND DECOUPLING A CATHETER | Medical technology | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Oct 2, 2025 | 2025/0304341 | ALCOHOL WIPE RESTRAINT | Handling | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Sep 4, 2025 | 2025/0276157 | GUIDEWIRE CLAMPING DEVICE AND COLLET | Medical technology | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Sep 4, 2025 | 2025/0275859 | LAYERED MEDICAL APPLIANCES AND METHODS | Medical technology | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Medical technology 82 · Measurement 1 · Handling 1.
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.