A61J 7/0076
Medicament distribution means
Official title: {Medicament distribution means (with pill counting devices A61J7/02; with time indication A61J7/04; containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00)}
A61J7/0076 (Medicament distribution means) appears on 1,289 US grants and 1,686 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61J- Granted patents
- 1,289
- Published applications
- 1,686
- Assignees
- 639
- Inventors
- 2,525
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2008 | 8 | 34 |
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| 2020 | 97 | 131 |
| 2021 | 99 | 121 |
| 2022 | 86 | 108 |
| 2023 | 92 | 110 |
| 2024 | 94 | 91 |
| 2025 | 71 | 97 |
| 2026 | 51 | 65 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Pill container29 Sep 2026US 12,746,181 B2Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd.
- Medication dispensing control systems29 Sep 2026US 12,746,183 B2
- Method for step dispensing discrete medicaments from a dispensing system, and method for controlling operation of a system15 Sep 2026US 12,734,111 B2Vmi Holland B .V.
- Automatic, gravity-fed, solid dosage form dispenser15 Sep 2026US 12,734,112 B2Biocorp Production
- Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices for facilitating dispensing of medications8 Sep 2026US 12,728,075 B2
- Device for automatically dispensing medications at patient bedside in hospital contexts8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306364 A1BEPI DISPENSER S.r.I.
- Vial supply device, drug dispensing device, drug charge amount inspection device, drug-filled vial discharge device, frame part rotation device for maintenance, and vial-type drug preparation facility including same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294743 A1Jvm Co., Ltd.
- Reconstructed segmented codes and methods of using the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300667 A1RVC Technologies, Inc.
- Modular smart medication dispensing and tracking cabinet24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283906 A1Medsense Health, Inc.
- Cleaner assembly for an automated dispensing device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285516 A1Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Remote data collecting and address providing method and apparatus625US 6,408,330 B12002
- Home medical surveillance system588US 4,838,275 A1989
- System and method for drug management572US 6,021,392 APyxis Corporation · 2000
- Interactive medication delivery system570US 5,084,828 AHealthTech Services Corp. · 1992
- Patient compliance and status monitoring system493US 5,016,172 ARamp Comsystems, Inc. · 1991