A61B 17/20
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for vaccinating or cleaning the skin previous
Official title: for vaccinating or cleaning the skin previous to the vaccination {(Vaccination diagnosis other than by injuring the skin A61B10/0035)}
A61B17/20 (Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for vaccinating or cleaning the skin previous) appears on 440 US grants and 604 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 440
- Published applications
- 604
- Assignees
- 239
- Inventors
- 891
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 11 | 25 |
| 2003 | 12 | 22 |
| 2004 | 10 | 28 |
| 2005 | 12 | 26 |
| 2006 | 9 | 28 |
| 2007 | 7 | 35 |
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| 2009 | 9 | 33 |
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| 2019 | 20 | 27 |
| 2020 | 16 | 31 |
| 2021 | 30 | 38 |
| 2022 | 22 | 28 |
| 2023 | 20 | 22 |
| 2024 | 20 | 28 |
| 2025 | 17 | 14 |
| 2026 | 9 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Devices and methods for cosmetic skin resurfacing8 Sep 2026US 12,728,248 B2Cytrellis Biosystems, Inc.
- Pattern needles and cartridge for tattoo removal25 Aug 2026US 12,714,459 B2Rejuvatek Medical Inc.
- Microneedle assembly25 Aug 2026US 12,714,838 B2Ticona LLC
- Core-shell microneedle platform for transdermal and pulsatile drug/vaccine delivery and method of manufacturing the same18 Aug 2026US 12,708,750 B2University of Connecticut
- Systems and methods for magnet-induced assembly tissue grafts19 May 2026US 12,629,454 B2The General Hospital Corporation
- Differential coating of microprojections and microneedles on arrays8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306611 A1Vaxxas Pty Limited
- Pre-angioplasty serration of atherosclerotic plaque enabling low-pressure balloon angioplasty & avoidance of stenting27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249056 A1Cagent Vascular, Inc.
- Delivery device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241155 A1Vaxxas Pty Limited
- Lightweight one piece can actuator for the delivery of microprojection array patches (map)6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224231 A1
- Microneedle patch delivery applicator and method25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174447 A1University of Southern Queensland
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for closing a curved anvil of a surgical stapling device2,377US 7,434,717 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical stapling device with a curved end effector2,121US 8,540,128 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Curved end effector for a surgical stapling device1,806US 8,701,958 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Surgical stapling device having supports for a flexible drive mechanism1,749US 8,827,133 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Surgical stapling device1,172US 9,724,091 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017