A61F 13/0276
Apparatus or processes for manufacturing adhesive dressings or bandages
Official title: {Apparatus or processes for manufacturing adhesive dressings or bandages}
A61F13/0276 (Apparatus or processes for manufacturing adhesive dressings or bandages) appears on 541 US grants and 661 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 541
- Published applications
- 661
- Assignees
- 290
- Inventors
- 1,045
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 7 |
| 2002 | 10 | 10 |
| 2003 | 6 | 13 |
| 2004 | 10 | 28 |
| 2005 | 6 | 15 |
| 2006 | 10 | 16 |
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| 2008 | 13 | 20 |
| 2009 | 5 | 27 |
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| 2012 | 27 | 25 |
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| 2014 | 20 | 44 |
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| 2019 | 34 | 38 |
| 2020 | 16 | 42 |
| 2021 | 22 | 36 |
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| 2023 | 26 | 38 |
| 2024 | 28 | 25 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 |
| 2026 | 17 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61F 13/0289Manufacturing of adhesive dressings158
- A61F 2013/0296For making transdermal patchesIndexing code131
- A61F 13/0283For making adhesive or cohesive tape or fabrics therefor67
- A61F 13/0279By attaching individual patches on moving webs22
- A61F 13/0286Manufacturing of non adhesive dressings9
- A61F 13/0293Manufacturing of plaster of paris2
Recent patents
- Partially transparent wound dressing22 Sep 2026US 12,740,894 B2Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
- Super-absorbent advanced wound dressing with dressing full indication8 Sep 2026US 12,728,042 B2Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
- Medical article for fixation of a wound dressing8 Sep 2026US 12,728,043 B2Paul Hartmann AG
- Dressings with activated adhesion1 Sep 2026US 12,721,755 B2KCI Manufacturing Unlimited Conpany
- Medical dressing comprising a backing layer with three dimensional features23 Jun 2026US 12,661,271 B2Mölnlycke Health Care AB
- Dressing having metal coating3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256626 A1Aatru Medical, LLC
- Self-adhesive patches made of fibres for the controlled release of bioactives3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256711 A1Bionanopharma S.L.
- Wound dressing23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207388 A1
- A negative pressure wound therapy (npwt) dressing16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199585 A1
- A medical dressing9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191691 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- See through absorbent dressing1,496US 5,018,515 AThe Kendall Company · 1991
- Wound dressing and method for controlling severe, life-threatening bleeding1,098US 7,371,403 B2Providence Health System-Oregon · 2008
- Absorbant laminates and method of making same805US 5,667,864 A1997
- Mechanical wound therapy for sub-atmospheric wound care system663US 9,393,354 B2J&M Shuler Medical, Inc. · 2016
- Solubility parameter based drug delivery system and method for altering drug saturation concentration448US 5,656,286 ANoven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 1997