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Top 50 Key Players companies in Atherectomy
by Most Patent Citation in the world in 2018

The Atherectomy top 50 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 50 Most Patent Citation Atherectomy Key Players in the world. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2018, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.
Atherectomy is a minimally invasive endovascular surgery technique for removing atherosclerosis from blood vessels within the body. It is an alternative to angioplasty for the treatment of peripheral artery disease, but the studies that exist are not adequate to determine if it is superior to angioplasty. It has also been used to treat coronary artery disease, albeit ineffectively.
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Company Name
Region
Tech Topics
Total
1
patent citation: 16,299
2
patent citation: 9,532
3
Medical equipment,Health care,Atherectomy,
...[+1]
patent citation: 3,383
4
patent citation: 2,162
5
patent citation: 1,774
6
Asset management
patent citation: 1,287
7
Asset management
patent citation: 1,287
8
Asset management
patent citation: 1,287
9
WA, US
patent citation: 1,193
10
patent citation: 1,157
11
patent citation: 891
12
US
patent citation: 858
13
CA, US
patent citation: 843
14
NJ, US
Unisex
patent citation: 831
15
patent citation: 653
16
patent citation: 632
17
Shandong Sheng, China
patent citation: 509
18
patent citation: 468
19
patent citation: 459
20
patent citation: 445
21
Coronary atherectomy,Health care,Catheter
patent citation: 390
22
patent citation: 379
23
Heart valve,Medical equipment,Health care,
...[+2]
patent citation: 355
24
PA, US
patent citation: 354
25
patent citation: 340
26
Quebec, Canada
patent citation: 334
27
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
National security,Aerospace,Angioplasty balloon,
...[+2]
patent citation: 320
28
CA, US
patent citation: 283
29
Germany
patent citation: 274
30
British Columbia, Canada
patent citation: 251
31
Medical equipment,Health care
patent citation: 209
32
Medicine,Pharmacy and Therapeutics,Protein chemistry,
...[+2]
patent citation: 207
33
Hovedstaden, Denmark
Insulin,Health care,Haemophilia,
...[+2]
patent citation: 186
34
Bayern, Germany
patent citation: 179
35
Madrid, Spain
patent citation: 179
36
Switzerland
patent citation: 178
37
Medical equipment,Catheter,Health care,
...[+2]
patent citation: 175
38
patent citation: 173
39
Capital formation,Automation,Manufacturing engineering,
...[+2]
patent citation: 168
40
Coronary stent,Health care,Occlusion,
...[+2]
patent citation: 166
41
The Technology Development Center
patent citation: 148
42
CA, US
patent citation: 114
43
patent citation: 108
44
HA, IL
patent citation: 108
45
Vascure Medical Technologies Ltd.
IL
patent citation: 97
46
Health care
patent citation: 96
47
US
patent citation: 71
48
Health care,Blood management,Syringe,
...[+2]
patent citation: 61
49
patent citation: 54
50
MI, US
patent citation: 54
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