A61J 7/0061
Swallow helping devices
Official title: {Swallow helping devices, e.g. tongue shields}
A61J7/0061 (Swallow helping devices) appears on 23 US grants and 36 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61J- Granted patents
- 23
- Published applications
- 36
- Assignees
- 15
- Inventors
- 69
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Capsule device with an aperture formed by an overlap of two halve-capsule shells4 Aug 2026US 12,697,284 B2EsoCap AG
- Device and method for assisting pill swallowing30 Sep 2025US 12,427,092 B2Purosil LLC
- Pharmaceutical dosage form for application to mucous membranes and methods for producing same2 Sep 2025US 12,403,098 B2EsoCap AG
- Oral drug delivery device7 Jan 2025US 12,186,272 B2Shanghai Wd Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
- Dual spout pill storage and swallowing assist bottle device2 Apr 2024US 11,944,591 B2
- Pharmaceutical dosage form for application to mucous membranes and methods for producing same20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240783 A1EsoCap AG
- Pill swallowing assist bottle device23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207433 A1
- Capsule device with an aperture formed by a wall part of one of two half-capsule shells11 Jul 2024US 2024/0226518 A1
- Capsule device with an aperture formed by an overlap of two halve-capsule shells11 Jul 2024US 2024/0226519 A1EsoCap AG
- Dual spout pill storage and swallowing assist bottle device20 Jul 2023US 2023/0225946 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medicament storage and delivery devices18US 6,941,948 B2Vectura Drug Delivery · 2005
- Oral mouthpiece and method for the use thereof12US 8,517,729 B2The University of Western Ontario and Trudell Medical International · 2013
- Oral device and method for the use thereof11US 9,855,187 B2The University of Western Ontario · 2018
- Apparatus to assist with pill ingestion9US 8,298,174 B22012
- Swallowing air pulse therapy mouthpiece and method for the use thereof9US 8,540,660 B2The University of Western Ontario · 2013