A61L 12/06
Radiation
Official title: Radiation, e.g. ultraviolet or microwaves
A61L12/06 (Radiation) appears on 59 US grants and 60 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 59
- Published applications
- 60
- Assignees
- 30
- Inventors
- 113
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
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| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 9 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2016 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods and systems for solvent-free cleaning of surfaces10 Mar 2026US 12,570,930 B2Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Light source with disinfection function13 May 2025US 12,298,003 B2Signify Holding B. V.
- Electric light radiant energy control systems18 Mar 2025US 12,251,487 B2Vyv, Inc.
- Economically optimized lens cleaning and stripping system9 Jul 2024US 12,031,110 B2Essilor International
- Contact lens cleaner5 Mar 2024US 11,921,356 B2SainTech, LLC
- Disinfection devices for eye care accessories and methods of use8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306696 A1Drop Mate, Inc.
- Electric Light Radiant Energy Control Systems3 Jul 2025US 2025/0213740 A1Vyv, Inc.
- Light source with disinfection function13 Feb 2025US 2025/0052402 A1Signify Holding B. V.
- Contact lens for photodynamic inactivation of germs, product and method of treating fungal keratitis by applying the same5 Sep 2024US 2024/0293548 A1National Cheng Kung University
- Cleaning and disinfecting device for electronic items28 Dec 2023US 2023/0414797 A1Cleanbox Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for sterilizing articles and providing sterile storage environments416US 5,618,492 A1997
- Parametric control in pulsed light sterilization of packages and their contents82US 5,925,885 APurePulse Technologies, Inc. · 1999
- Sterilization of packages and their contents using high-intensity, short-duration pulses of incoherent, polychromatic light in a broad spectrum78US 5,786,598 APurePulse Technologies, Inc. · 1998
- Sterilization system76US 6,592,816 B1Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. · 2003
- Method of modifying ophthalmic lens surface by plasma generated at atmospheric pressure64US 6,610,350 B2Menicon Co., Ltd. · 2003