A61F 2/167
With pushable plungers
Official title: {with pushable plungers}
A61F2/167 (With pushable plungers) appears on 323 US grants and 391 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 323
- Published applications
- 391
- Assignees
- 97
- Inventors
- 405
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 11 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 | 0 | 11 |
| 2010 | 4 | 13 |
| 2011 | 2 | 14 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10 |
| 2013 | 13 | 20 |
| 2014 | 15 | 34 |
| 2015 | 19 | 15 |
| 2016 | 20 | 25 |
| 2017 | 20 | 25 |
| 2018 | 22 | 20 |
| 2019 | 19 | 16 |
| 2020 | 16 | 33 |
| 2021 | 19 | 21 |
| 2022 | 15 | 19 |
| 2023 | 21 | 29 |
| 2024 | 23 | 20 |
| 2025 | 21 | 20 |
| 2026 | 18 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Intraocular lens injector and its design method1 Sep 2026US 12,721,722 B2Hoya Medical Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Viscoelastic soft tip plunger18 Aug 2026US 12,708,507 B2Alcon Inc.
- Folding device for intraocular lens injector11 Aug 2026US 12,702,542 B2Alcon Inc.
- Intraocular lens delivery system packaging30 Jun 2026US 12,667,457 B2Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
- Intraocular lens injector10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263211 A1Alcon Inc.
- Accommodating intraocular lenses and methods of manufacturing27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248607 A1Alcon Inc.
- Intraocular lens injector13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232431 A1Hoya Medical Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Haptic management for surgical implants6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224352 A1Alcon Inc.
- Intraocular lens injector apparatus2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183102 A1Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated intraocular lens injector device1,063US 8,808,308 B2Alcon Research, Ltd. · 2014
- Apparatus and method for insertion of an intra-ocular lens369US 4,681,102 A1987
- Slotted tube injector for an intraocular lens297US 5,190,552 A1993
- Method for rapid implantation of shape transformable optical lenses228US 5,702,441 AKabi Pharmacia Ophthalmics, Inc. · 1997
- Apparatus and method for curling and inserting flexible intraocular lenses211US 5,304,182 AKabi Pharmacia Ophthalmics, Inc. · 1994