A61J 15/0053
Means for fixing the tube outside of the body
Official title: {Means for fixing the tube outside of the body, e.g. by a special shape, by fixing it to the skin (holding devices, e.g. on the body A61M25/02, mouthpieces for tracheal tubes A61M16/0488; transcutaneous access sites A61M39/0247)}
A61J15/0053 (Means for fixing the tube outside of the body) appears on 304 US grants and 322 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61J- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
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| 2026 | 5 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Nipple shield with port and flap-covered channel to supplement lactation during breastfeeding16 Jun 2026US 12,653,760 B2Neotech Products, Inc.
- Intraoral gastrointestinal access device and related methods14 Apr 2026US 12,599,544 B2Alsteni Medical, Inc.
- Ventilator mask and joint thereof10 Mar 2026US 12,569,638 B2Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
- Fitting for a feeding line24 Feb 2026US 12,558,294 B2Vygon
- Gastrostomy catheter, insertion jig set, insertion jig and gastrostomy catheter set10 Feb 2026US 12,544,317 B2Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.
- Internally Anchored, Tape-Free Nasal Tube17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272786 A1Good Doctor Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
- Containment device for stoma treatments3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256656 A1
- Enteral feeding tube for feeding patients such as newborn babies, in particular premature babies9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191742 A1Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris
- Nasogastric tube, and associated systems and methods28 May 2026US 2026/0144712 A1
- Medical tube securement device23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108718 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Intubation device for enteral feeding1,474US 7,771,396 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Medical catheter assembly including a removable inner sleeve and method of using the same408US 7,041,083 B2SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2006
- Stomach intubation and catheter placement system373US 3,961,632 A1976
- Apparatus and methods for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy314US 5,112,310 A1992
- Low profile gastrostomy device306US 4,863,438 AApplied Medical Technology, Inc. · 1989