A61F 9/0017
Implantable in, or in contact with, the eye
Official title: {implantable in, or in contact with, the eye, e.g. ocular inserts}
A61F9/0017 (Implantable in, or in contact with, the eye) appears on 1,608 US grants and 2,516 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,608
- Published applications
- 2,516
- Assignees
- 624
- Inventors
- 2,762
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 5 |
| 2002 | 12 | 36 |
| 2003 | 22 | 50 |
| 2004 | 26 | 48 |
| 2005 | 15 | 70 |
| 2006 | 21 | 76 |
| 2007 | 19 | 67 |
| 2008 | 13 | 81 |
| 2009 | 20 | 75 |
| 2010 | 37 | 90 |
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| 2012 | 55 | 88 |
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| 2014 | 88 | 129 |
| 2015 | 89 | 119 |
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| 2017 | 87 | 125 |
| 2018 | 93 | 143 |
| 2019 | 115 | 123 |
| 2020 | 97 | 128 |
| 2021 | 89 | 135 |
| 2022 | 78 | 125 |
| 2023 | 68 | 149 |
| 2024 | 86 | 115 |
| 2025 | 92 | 131 |
| 2026 | 54 | 86 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Intracanalicular depot inserter device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,859 B2Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.
- Injection device with both linear and rotary independent motor drives29 Sep 2026US 12,746,152 B2Tel HaShomer Medical research Infrastructure and Service Ltd
- Ocular implants and methods for delivering ocular implants into the eye29 Sep 2026US 12,746,153 B2Alcon Inc.
- Ocular delivery systems and methods22 Sep 2026US 12,740,891 B2Sight Sciences, Inc.
- Eye health data analysis using artificial intelligence15 Sep 2026US 12,734,067 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Ophthalmic injection robot and system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306295 A1Alcon Inc.
- Degradable elastomeric matrices, compositions comprising them, methods of preparing them and uses thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306296 A1AbleTx Ltd.
- Surface modified ophthalmic devices1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294680 A1Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
- Dual-flow biological fluid exchange device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295141 A1
- Methods and apparatus for delivery of ocular implants24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283845 A1Allergan, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Low-permeability, laser-activated drug delivery device1,367US 8,911,426 B2On Demand Therapeutics, Inc. · 2014
- Drug delivery devices, kits and methods therefor1,366US 8,521,273 B22013
- Osmotic system having laminar arrangement for programming delivery of active agent1,023US 4,008,719 AAlza Corporation · 1977
- Systems and methods for in vitro and in vivo imaging of cells on a substrate841US 9,274,095 B2Doheny Eye Institute · 2016
- Controlled-release biocompatible ocular drug delivery implant devices and methods780US 6,331,313 B1Oculex Pharmaceticals, Inc. · 2001