A61L 2/02
Disinfection or sterilisation of materials or objects, in general: using physical processes
Official title: using physical processes
A61L2/02 (Disinfection or sterilisation of materials or objects, in general: using physical processes) appears on 8,383 US grants and 10,854 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 4,478
- Inventors
- 18,358
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 590 | 502 |
| 2026 | 345 | 334 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Mobile device disinfection6 Oct 2026US 12,752,027 B2UV Partners, Inc.
- Device for decontaminating objects6 Oct 2026US 12,752,028 B2Claranor
- Cable rack systems and related methods6 Oct 2026US 12,752,034 B2Airocide Systems, LLC
- Aseptic filling apparatus with filter6 Oct 2026US 12,753,060 B1Torr Industries, Inc.
- Path planning method and autonomous traveling robot6 Oct 2026US 12,754,548 B2Wistron Corporation
- Modular multiplatform system for mrna drug production8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306407 A1BioNTech SE
- Medical Instrument and Retainer and Tip Protection Sheath8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306688 A1Cygnus Medical, LLC
- Luminaire and methodologies for combined visible illumination and deactivation of bacteria8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306695 A1ABL IP Holding LLC
- Packaging, storage, and protective techniques for medical syringes and fluid path components8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306734 A1
- Sterilizing apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308021 A1Seoul Visoys Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sterilizable surgical instrument2,100US 8,397,971 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Modular powered surgical instrument with detachable shaft assemblies1,623US 9,743,929 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Feedback algorithms for manual bailout systems for surgical instruments1,521US 10,028,761 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2018
- Surgical stapling instrument system1,519US 9,750,499 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Linear cutting and stapling device with selectively disengageable cutting member1,517US 8,789,740 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014