A61L 15/00
Chemical aspects of, or use of materials for, bandages, dressings or absorbent
Official title: Chemical aspects of, or use of materials for, bandages, dressings or absorbent pads (for liquid bandages A61L26/00; radioactive dressings {A61N5/1029})
A61L15/00 (Chemical aspects of, or use of materials for, bandages, dressings or absorbent) appears on 8,260 US grants and 8,907 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 8,260
- Published applications
- 8,907
- Assignees
- 3,223
- Inventors
- 15,685
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 61 | 0 |
| 1977 | 52 | 0 |
| 1978 | 63 | 0 |
| 1979 | 36 | 0 |
| 1980 | 57 | 0 |
| 1981 | 61 | 0 |
| 1982 | 77 | 0 |
| 1983 | 64 | 0 |
| 1984 | 73 | 0 |
| 1985 | 63 | 0 |
| 1986 | 75 | 0 |
| 1987 | 95 | 0 |
| 1988 | 95 | 0 |
| 1989 | 105 | 0 |
| 1990 | 107 | 0 |
| 1991 | 120 | 0 |
| 1992 | 122 | 0 |
| 1993 | 110 | 0 |
| 1994 | 127 | 0 |
| 1995 | 167 | 0 |
| 1996 | 150 | 0 |
| 1997 | 206 | 0 |
| 1998 | 235 | 0 |
| 1999 | 212 | 0 |
| 2000 | 214 | 0 |
| 2001 | 220 | 77 |
| 2002 | 225 | 243 |
| 2003 | 228 | 342 |
| 2004 | 178 | 340 |
| 2005 | 125 | 336 |
| 2006 | 108 | 283 |
| 2007 | 106 | 313 |
| 2008 | 90 | 312 |
| 2009 | 91 | 321 |
| 2010 | 156 | 342 |
| 2011 | 162 | 325 |
| 2012 | 243 | 372 |
| 2013 | 250 | 379 |
| 2014 | 271 | 419 |
| 2015 | 264 | 438 |
| 2016 | 268 | 456 |
| 2017 | 293 | 407 |
| 2018 | 247 | 437 |
| 2019 | 304 | 434 |
| 2020 | 318 | 463 |
| 2021 | 289 | 419 |
| 2022 | 243 | 402 |
| 2023 | 220 | 350 |
| 2024 | 246 | 280 |
| 2025 | 217 | 245 |
| 2026 | 151 | 172 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Wound dressing material and methods of making and using the same6 Oct 2026US 12,752,036 B2Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
- Sponge assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,752,037 B2CFields, LLC
- Color-changing antibacterial nanofiber29 Sep 2026US 12,746,214 B2University of Manitoba
- Personal hygiene product22 Sep 2026US 12,740,899 B2Croda International PLC
- Medical composition comprising adipose tissue-derived extracellular matrix and method for preparing same22 Sep 2026US 12,741,051 B2L&C Bio Co., Ltd.
- Incision dressing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306302 A1DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
- Non-woven of spunbonded thermoplastic filaments having improved weldability properties and method for manufacturing such a non-woven8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306698 A1Dounor SAS
- Superhydrophobic antifouling compositions and applications thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306711 A1University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
- Wound dressing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295110 A1T.J. Smith and Nephew, Limited
- Ankle foot orthosis24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283829 A1Thorwear Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bioabsorbable wound dressing1,604US 7,041,868 B2Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2006
- Process for manufacturing biomedical foams1,536US 6,355,699 B1Ethicon, Inc. · 2002
- Modifiable, semi-permeable, wound dressing1,535US 5,264,218 AC. R. Bard, Inc. · 1993
- End use applications of biodegradable polymers1,525US 5,444,113 AEcopol, LLC · 1995
- Polyhydroxyalkanoate compositions having controlled degradation rates1,516US 6,867,248 B1Metabolix, Inc. · 2005