A61L 2/16
Disinfection or sterilisation of materials or objects, in general: using chemical substances
Official title: using chemical substances
A61L2/16 (Disinfection or sterilisation of materials or objects, in general: using chemical substances) appears on 6,903 US grants and 9,114 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 6,903
- Published applications
- 9,114
- Assignees
- 3,699
- Inventors
- 15,104
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 146 | 191 |
| 2003 | 172 | 294 |
| 2004 | 120 | 323 |
| 2005 | 115 | 357 |
| 2006 | 109 | 278 |
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| 2021 | 321 | 563 |
| 2022 | 285 | 711 |
| 2023 | 337 | 563 |
| 2024 | 389 | 456 |
| 2025 | 372 | 318 |
| 2026 | 237 | 234 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Endoscopic vessel harvesting devices with conditioning of insufflation gas29 Sep 2026US 12,746,028 B2Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation
- Antimicrobial compounds based on glucoheptonic acids and their salts29 Sep 2026US 12,746,299 B2Harcros Chemicals Inc.
- Sterilisation of an analyte sensor component29 Sep 2026US 12,746,300 B2SciLogica Corp.
- Methods and systems for sterilization29 Sep 2026US 12,746,301 B2Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for disinfecting fluids29 Sep 2026US 12,747,169 B2Hiigenz LLC
- Modular multiplatform system for mrna drug production8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306407 A1BioNTech SE
- Point-of-use system for medical instruments8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306685 A1Bon Secours Mercy Health, Inc.
- Cleaner assembly with attachable ozone dispenser8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306686 A1O3Waterworks, LLC
- Peracid booster compositions and methods of using same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306687 A1Sterilex, LLC
- Medical Instrument and Retainer and Tip Protection Sheath8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306688 A1Cygnus Medical, LLC
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
- Bipolar forceps1,447US 8,579,897 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013