A61F 13/0226
Characterised by the support layer
Official title: {characterised by the support layer}
A61F13/0226 (Characterised by the support layer) appears on 414 US grants and 484 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 414
- Published applications
- 484
- Assignees
- 192
- Inventors
- 771
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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| 2022 | 12 | 21 |
| 2023 | 15 | 14 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7 |
| 2025 | 10 | 16 |
| 2026 | 10 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Medical dressing comprising a backing layer with three dimensional features23 Jun 2026US 12,661,271 B2Mölnlycke Health Care AB
- Wound dressing patch26 May 2026US 12,636,196 B2Chungnam National University Hospital
- Prophylactic dressing26 May 2026US 12,636,197 B2Mölnlycke Health Care AB
- Fluid indicators for wound dressing systems and negative pressure treatment5 May 2026US 12,616,611 B2Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
- Superabsorbent wound dressing with silicone wound contact layer28 Apr 2026US 12,611,335 B2Paul Hartmann AG
- Prophylactic dressing10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263283 A1Mölnlycke Health Care AB
- Dressing device for negative pressure wound therapy system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232495 A1Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
- Device and method for treating skin injuries13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232864 A1Advanced Wound Systems, LLC
- Wound dressing for detecting an infection in wound exudate30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215970 A1Paul Hartmann AG
- A medical dressing9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191691 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wound treatment employing reduced pressure2,003US 5,636,643 AWake Forest University · 1997
- Method of treating tissue damage and apparatus for same1,737US 5,645,081 AWake Forest University · 1997
- Wound closure means and method using flowable adhesive1,532US 5,259,835 ATri-Point Medical L.P. · 1993
- Irrigation dressing1,388US 5,358,494 A1994
- Wound dressing1,355US 8,764,732 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2014