A61F 11/006
Ear cleaners
Official title: {Ear cleaners, e.g. curettes (cotton tips A61F13/38; cleaning by suction A61M1/71, by irrigation A61M3/02)}
A61F11/006 (Ear cleaners) appears on 131 US grants and 159 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 131
- Published applications
- 159
- Assignees
- 58
- Inventors
- 227
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 11 | 11 |
| 2026 | 8 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Personal cleansing wand29 Sep 2026US 12,745,836 B2Silicon Valley Innovations, Inc.
- Visual tweezers and driving mechanism thereof22 Sep 2026US 12,740,695 B1Shenzhen Sulang Technology Co., Ltd
- Ear cleaner device15 Sep 2026US 12,734,072 B2Quest Products, LLC
- Cerumen prevention and removal device18 Aug 2026US 12,708,564 B2
- Earwax removal apparatus14 Jul 2026US 12,678,333 B2Orogylab Healthcare Inc.
- Device for retrieval of foreign objects from bodily cavities8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306300 A1Mor Research Applications Ltd.
- Ear Cleaning Arrangement20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240687 A1
- Ear washing device with waste liquid withdrawal function28 May 2026US 2026/0144681 A1Guangdong Okay Technology Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus, system, and method for removing cerumen30 Oct 2025US 2025/0332031 A1BriBev Holdings, Inc.
- Image Processing Method and Operation Interface for Ear Cleaning Arrangement30 Oct 2025US 2025/0332032 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-functional inner ear treatment and diagnostic system178US 5,421,818 AInner Ear Medical Delivery Systems, Inc. · 1995
- Multi-functional inner ear treatment and diagnostic system127US 5,476,446 AInner Ear Medical Delivery Systems, Inc. · 1995
- Multi-functional inner ear treatment and diagnostic system83US 5,474,529 AInner Ear Medical Delivery Systems, Inc. · 1995
- Ear cleaning device utilizing bulbous banded cage66US 5,632,756 A1997
- Personal ear cleaning device64US 5,715,850 AToddling Products (Proprietary) Limited · 1998