A61F 15/001
Packages or dispensers for bandages, cotton balls, drapes, dressings, gauze, gowns, sheets
Official title: {Packages or dispensers for bandages, cotton balls, drapes, dressings, gauze, gowns, sheets, sponges, swabsticks or towels (A61F15/007 takes precedence)}
A61F15/001 (Packages or dispensers for bandages, cotton balls, drapes, dressings, gauze, gowns, sheets) appears on 620 US grants and 663 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 620
- Published applications
- 663
- Assignees
- 245
- Inventors
- 1,280
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 8 | 27 |
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| 2005 | 11 | 53 |
| 2006 | 21 | 44 |
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| 2011 | 20 | 35 |
| 2012 | 29 | 24 |
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| 2017 | 11 | 17 |
| 2018 | 15 | 19 |
| 2019 | 20 | 30 |
| 2020 | 10 | 18 |
| 2021 | 19 | 18 |
| 2022 | 24 | 14 |
| 2023 | 10 | 17 |
| 2024 | 13 | 11 |
| 2025 | 6 | 9 |
| 2026 | 4 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Combination surgical kit and hand restraint5 May 2026US 12,616,598 B2Trice Medical, Inc.
- Method and system for aseptically filling a package10 Mar 2026US 12,569,380 B2Medline Industries, Inc.
- Reusable cutting articles and wound tape articles and kits containing the same10 Feb 2026US 12,544,280 B23M Innovative Properties Company
- Polymer materials27 Jan 2026US 12,533,055 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Bi-directional packaging adhesive25 Nov 2025US 12,478,519 B2Best Bandage, LLC
- Method and system for aseptically filling a package16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199152 A1Medline Industries, Inc.
- Product dispensing system16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199153 A1Aunt Flow Corp.
- Menstrual Pad in a Dispenser Box9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191703 A1Egal Pads Inc.
- Reusable cutting articles and wound tape articles and kits containing the same9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191707 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Container, wound dressing assembly, and wound dressing with optical patterns21 May 2026US 2026/0137566 A1Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Compact tampon applicator1,106US 4,973,302 APlaytex Family Products Corporation · 1990
- Wound packing and package therefor418US 5,478,308 ANew Dimensions in Medicine, Inc. · 1995
- Wound shield for exudate management221US 7,622,629 B2Aalnex, Inc. · 2009
- Package containing a window and performance characteristic indicator186US 6,601,705 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2003
- Wound vacuum therapy dressing kit175US 7,723,560 B22010