A61B 42/00
Surgical gloves
Official title: Surgical gloves; Finger-stalls specially adapted for surgery; Devices for handling or treatment thereof
A61B42/00 (Surgical gloves) appears on 913 US grants and 884 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 913
- Published applications
- 884
- Assignees
- 360
- Inventors
- 1,520
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 16 | 0 |
| 1990 | 24 | 0 |
| 1991 | 26 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 16 | 0 |
| 1994 | 21 | 0 |
| 1995 | 18 | 0 |
| 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
| 1998 | 23 | 0 |
| 1999 | 26 | 0 |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 7 |
| 2002 | 17 | 20 |
| 2003 | 16 | 21 |
| 2004 | 19 | 42 |
| 2005 | 13 | 23 |
| 2006 | 8 | 32 |
| 2007 | 10 | 32 |
| 2008 | 5 | 20 |
| 2009 | 8 | 21 |
| 2010 | 25 | 20 |
| 2011 | 13 | 39 |
| 2012 | 17 | 37 |
| 2013 | 20 | 32 |
| 2014 | 27 | 37 |
| 2015 | 29 | 37 |
| 2016 | 24 | 40 |
| 2017 | 26 | 63 |
| 2018 | 31 | 50 |
| 2019 | 40 | 48 |
| 2020 | 53 | 51 |
| 2021 | 31 | 53 |
| 2022 | 24 | 50 |
| 2023 | 45 | 39 |
| 2024 | 36 | 35 |
| 2025 | 29 | 27 |
| 2026 | 20 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Catheter tray, packaging system, and associated methods6 Oct 2026US 12,752,076 B2Medline Industries, Inc.
- Visual alert system for use with safety barriers and methods of making the same22 Sep 2026US 12,740,844 B2BioBarrier, Inc.
- Water-based hydrogel blend coating and method of application to elastomeric articles22 Sep 2026US 12,741,065 B2Allegiance Corporation
- Finger-worn oral procedure apparatus and method15 Sep 2026US 12,734,005 B2Dr. Cyrus Buhari
- Wrap systems for medical device kits25 Aug 2026US 12,714,825 B2C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Coating composition for skin-contacting surface of elastomeric articles and articles containing the same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248985 A1Allegiance Corporation
- An isolator module for robotic arm30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216904 A1Uimei Srls
- Multi-Layered Polymer Product With Single Don Function23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206888 A1WRP Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd.
- Customizable self-packed medical device kit18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166276 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Method for manufacturing hypoallergenic biotic gloves and hypoallergenic biotic glove5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060346 A1Precious Mountain Ent. Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device, surgical access port, and method of retracting an incision into an opening and providing a channel through the incision1,529US 5,906,577 ASmith & Nephew, Inc. · 1999
- Method and device for handling bone adhesives1,276US 8,852,199 B2Abyrx, Inc. · 2014
- Infection-resistant compositions, medical devices and surfaces and methods for preparing and using same910US 5,019,096 AThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · 1991
- Nonwoven thermoplastic fabric751US 4,041,203 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1977
- Method of applying a buttress to a surgical stapler end effector723US 10,166,023 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2019