A61F 2250/0067
Means for introducing or releasing pharmaceutical products into the body
A61F2250/0067 (Means for introducing or releasing pharmaceutical products into the body) appears on 2,845 US grants and 4,158 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 2,845
- Published applications
- 4,158
- Assignees
- 1,085
- Inventors
- 4,805
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 16 | 0 |
| 1994 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | 28 | 0 |
| 1996 | 22 | 0 |
| 1997 | 59 | 0 |
| 1998 | 65 | 0 |
| 1999 | 57 | 0 |
| 2000 | 38 | 0 |
| 2001 | 55 | 29 |
| 2002 | 60 | 99 |
| 2003 | 64 | 136 |
| 2004 | 54 | 188 |
| 2005 | 43 | 267 |
| 2006 | 67 | 234 |
| 2007 | 48 | 191 |
| 2008 | 63 | 220 |
| 2009 | 55 | 166 |
| 2010 | 106 | 186 |
| 2011 | 128 | 167 |
| 2012 | 130 | 164 |
| 2013 | 126 | 148 |
| 2014 | 150 | 170 |
| 2015 | 130 | 147 |
| 2016 | 163 | 215 |
| 2017 | 153 | 177 |
| 2018 | 115 | 169 |
| 2019 | 137 | 160 |
| 2020 | 130 | 179 |
| 2021 | 96 | 147 |
| 2022 | 93 | 143 |
| 2023 | 103 | 128 |
| 2024 | 103 | 136 |
| 2025 | 100 | 108 |
| 2026 | 47 | 84 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Uncaging stent6 Oct 2026US 12,751,844 B2Elixir Medical Corporation
- Lymph conduction system implant and method of using same29 Sep 2026US 12,746,109 B2Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Absorbable intravascular stents having a therapeutic drug within the scaffold15 Sep 2026US 12,734,053 B2Efemoral Medical, Inc.
- Systems, methods, and apparatus for treatment of glaucoma8 Sep 2026US 12,728,035 B2InnFocus, Inc.
- Expandable intervertebral implant1 Sep 2026US 12,721,732 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Crimping method and crimping device for a tubular stent, and implantable device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294654 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Ureteral Stent And Methods Therefor24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283777 A1JMT Medical, Inc.
- Medical devices for delivering one or more agents and methods of use and manufacture24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284267 A1Encompass Vascular, Inc.
- Medical device for treating anorectal disorders17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272635 A1Anacure Medical Ltd
- Balloon expandable polymer stent17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272686 A1Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Elastomeric medical device1,893US 5,468,253 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Dilating and support apparatus with disease inhibitors and methods for use1,862US 6,450,989 B2Artemis Medical, Inc. · 2002
- Drug releasing anastomosis devices and methods for treating anastomotic sites1,779US 7,108,701 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2006
- Porous tissue scaffoldings for the repair of regeneration of tissue1,754US 6,333,029 B1Ethicon, Inc. · 2001
- Surgical implant and method for controlled release of chemotherapeutic agents1,679US 5,290,271 A1994