A61F 2002/30677
Means for introducing or releasing pharmaceutical products
Official title: {Means for introducing or releasing pharmaceutical products, e.g. antibiotics, into the body}
A61F2002/30677 (Means for introducing or releasing pharmaceutical products) appears on 1,435 US grants and 1,783 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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- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 30 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Expandable intervertebral implant1 Sep 2026US 12,721,732 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Implant18 Aug 2026US 12,708,516 B2Aurora Medical Limited
- Devices and methods for correcting vertebral misalignment4 Aug 2026US 12,697,230 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Implantable compositions having fibers and methods of making and using them14 Jul 2026US 12,678,286 B2Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Microfluidic chip device for optical force measurements and cell imaging using microfluidic chip configuration and dynamics7 Jul 2026US 12,674,740 B2Lumacyte, Inc.
- Artificial joint stem6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224366 A1KYOCERA Medical Corporation
- Photobiomodulation and electrical modulation of a target area of the brain through an electro-optical cranial window6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224911 A1Case Western Reserve University
- Spinal repair device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215928 A1Orthoson Limited
- Medical devices containing compositions of poly(butylene succinate) and copolymers thereof16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199563 A1Tepha, Inc.
- Bone Harvesting Devices for Bone Implantation25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174474 A1Allumin8, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Porous tissue scaffoldings for the repair of regeneration of tissue1,754US 6,333,029 B1Ethicon, Inc. · 2001
- Foam composite for the repair or regeneration of tissue1,549US 6,306,424 B1Ethicon, Inc. · 2001
- Devices and methods for treating defects in the tissue of a living being1,347US 7,166,133 B2Kensey Nash Corporation · 2007
- Attachment of absorbable tissue scaffolds to fixation devices1,302US 6,989,034 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2006
- Multi-phase bioerodible implant/carrier and method of manufacturing and using same1,271US 5,607,474 ABoard of Regents, The University of Texas System · 1997