A61F 15/02
Devices for cutting bandages of any kind
Official title: Devices for cutting bandages of any kind, e.g. shears or cast-cutting saws
A61F15/02 (Devices for cutting bandages of any kind) appears on 77 US grants and 63 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Reusable cutting articles and wound tape articles and kits containing the same10 Feb 2026US 12,544,280 B23M Innovative Properties Company
- Low cost multifunctional medical scissors3 Feb 2026US 12,539,136 B2
- Apparatus for cutting a material and a method for cutting a negative pressure wound therapy dressing21 Oct 2025US 12,447,063 B2
- Self-propelled drive and cutter using same18 Mar 2025US 12,251,848 B2
- Temperature monitoring and indicator system for a cast saw3 Dec 2024US 12,157,176 B2The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Reusable cutting articles and wound tape articles and kits containing the same9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191707 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- First aid medical treatment apparatus and method13 Mar 2025US 2025/0082520 A1
- First aid medical treatment apparatus and method14 Nov 2024US 2024/0374442 A1
- Low Cost Multifunctional Medical Scissors7 Mar 2024US 2024/0074781 A1
- Apparatus for cutting a material and a method for cutting a negative pressure wound therapy dressing22 Feb 2024US 2024/0058179 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical cast cutter1,175US 5,878,607 AJohnson & Johnson Professional, Inc. · 1999
- Wound vacuum therapy dressing kit175US 7,723,560 B22010
- Saw blade for powered medical handpiece140US 5,468,247 AStryker Corporation · 1995
- Chuck and blade for powered medical handpiece117US 5,702,415 AStryker Corporation · 1997
- Surgical saw blade72US 4,637,391 A1987