A61F 6/06
Contraceptive devices: for use by females
Official title: for use by females (A61F6/20 takes precedence)
A61F6/06 (Contraceptive devices: for use by females) appears on 829 US grants and 824 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 829
- Published applications
- 824
- Assignees
- 338
- Inventors
- 1,389
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 28 | 0 |
| 1977 | 21 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 26 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 3 |
| 2002 | 7 | 9 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8 |
| 2004 | 9 | 20 |
| 2005 | 4 | 22 |
| 2006 | 7 | 16 |
| 2007 | 6 | 18 |
| 2008 | 4 | 25 |
| 2009 | 4 | 22 |
| 2010 | 17 | 17 |
| 2011 | 10 | 33 |
| 2012 | 14 | 34 |
| 2013 | 24 | 43 |
| 2014 | 30 | 56 |
| 2015 | 29 | 49 |
| 2016 | 28 | 42 |
| 2017 | 25 | 47 |
| 2018 | 24 | 31 |
| 2019 | 28 | 43 |
| 2020 | 24 | 51 |
| 2021 | 32 | 41 |
| 2022 | 33 | 41 |
| 2023 | 33 | 44 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 |
| 2025 | 25 | 38 |
| 2026 | 24 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cervical control systems and cervical control devices6 Oct 2026US 12,751,738 B2Novocuff, Inc.
- Pessary insertion apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,746,149 B2Lilium Solutions LLC
- Device for insertion into a vagina8 Sep 2026US 12,728,031 B2
- Intrauterine device with retrieval thread11 Aug 2026US 12,702,583 B2Sebela Vlc Limited
- Methods for using cervical control systems and cervical control devices4 Aug 2026US 12,697,140 B2Novocuff, Inc.
- Endoscopic devices and methods and related imaging processing techniques24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283445 A1Decode Bone LLC
- Pessary17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272702 A1
- String management of an instrument to prepare and safely place an intra-uterine device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272703 A1Pregna International Limited
- Lip Condom27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248641 A1Buzz Guards Inc
- Flexible cone-shaped intra-vaginal support device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248642 A1Watkins-Conti Products, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical devices incorporating sim alloy elements2,338US 4,665,906 ARaychem Corporation · 1987
- Apparatus for removal of objects from body passages1,506US 4,865,030 AAmerican Medical Systems, Inc. · 1989
- Medical devices incorporating SIM alloy elements906US 5,190,546 ARaychem Corporation · 1993
- Medical devices incorporating SIM alloy elements869US 6,306,141 B1Medtronic, Inc. · 2001
- Method of inserting medical devices incorporating SIM alloy elements866US 5,067,957 ARaychem Corporation · 1991