A61F 7/03
Thermophore, i.e. self-heating
Official title: thermophore, i.e. self-heating, {e.g. using a chemical reaction}
A61F7/03 (Thermophore, i.e. self-heating) appears on 542 US grants and 622 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 542
- Published applications
- 622
- Assignees
- 232
- Inventors
- 1,068
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 15 | 22 |
| 2003 | 13 | 17 |
| 2004 | 12 | 27 |
| 2005 | 15 | 25 |
| 2006 | 12 | 34 |
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| 2009 | 10 | 28 |
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| 2022 | 9 | 14 |
| 2023 | 11 | 20 |
| 2024 | 16 | 17 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 |
| 2026 | 6 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for manufacturing heating body, and heating body22 Sep 2026US 12,740,890 B2Ferric Inc.
- Auricle heating device12 May 2026US 12,622,807 B2Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- Ophthalmic shield and therapeutic method21 Apr 2026US 12,605,288 B2Ocular Surface Innovations Inc.
- Physio tape with inductive heating system14 Apr 2026US 12,599,496 B1
- Temperature control agent, and heating composition, packaging material, and warming material each comprising same17 Feb 2026US 12,551,367 B2Ferric Inc.
- Heated nasal strip for heating a facial region13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232486 A1
- Uterine heat patch23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207375 A1Fridababy, LLC
- Expandable exothermic gel compositions and methods of use23 Jul 2026US 2026/0209591 A1Forever Young International, Inc.
- Ophthalmic shield and therapeutic method16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199142 A1Ocular Surface Innovations Inc.
- Controlled exothermic heat pack25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174593 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wound treatment apparatus and method537US 8,529,548 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2013
- Normothermic tissue heating wound covering292US 5,964,723 AAugustine Medical, Inc. · 1999
- Phase change material thermal capacitor clothing196US 6,855,410 B22005
- Near hyperthermic heater wound covering183US 5,954,680 AAugustine Medical, Inc. · 1999
- Phase change thermal control materials, method and apparatus174US 5,722,482 A1998