A61F 6/08
Pessaries, i.e. devices worn in the vagina to support the uterus, remedy
Official title: Pessaries, i.e. devices worn in the vagina to support the uterus, remedy a malposition or prevent conception {, e.g. combined with devices protecting against contagion}
A61F6/08 (Pessaries, i.e. devices worn in the vagina to support the uterus, remedy) appears on 375 US grants and 336 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 375
- Published applications
- 336
- Assignees
- 183
- Inventors
- 674
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 13 | 14 |
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
- Methods for using cervical control systems and cervical control devices4 Aug 2026US 12,697,140 B2Novocuff, Inc.
- Vagiplug21 Jul 2026US 12,685,795 B1
- Pessary17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272702 A1
- Flexible cone-shaped intra-vaginal support device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248642 A1Watkins-Conti Products, Inc.
- Multi-component intravaginal ring6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224475 A1
- Estriol vaginal ring23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207480 A1VaRi Bioscience GmbH
- Intravaginal device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199124 A1Cntrl+ Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vaginal sponge delivery system216US 5,527,534 AGynetech Laboratories, Ltd. · 1996
- Dissolvable device for contraception or delivery of medication210US 5,393,528 A1995
- Intravaginal rings with insertable drug-containing core150US 5,972,372 AThe Population Council, Inc. · 1999
- Intravaginal ring136US 4,292,965 AThe Population Council, Inc. · 1981
- Anatomic incontinence pessary136US 6,418,930 B1Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research · 2002