A61L 2103/15
Laboratory, medical or dentistry appliances
Official title: Laboratory, medical or dentistry appliances, e.g. catheters or sharps
A61L2103/15 (Laboratory, medical or dentistry appliances) appears on 2,286 US grants and 3,382 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 2,286
- Published applications
- 3,382
- Assignees
- 1,187
- Inventors
- 5,120
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 23 | 0 |
| 2000 | 38 | 0 |
| 2001 | 37 | 13 |
| 2002 | 45 | 59 |
| 2003 | 51 | 68 |
| 2004 | 33 | 70 |
| 2005 | 35 | 96 |
| 2006 | 32 | 68 |
| 2007 | 33 | 107 |
| 2008 | 26 | 71 |
| 2009 | 33 | 77 |
| 2010 | 51 | 94 |
| 2011 | 62 | 73 |
| 2012 | 68 | 86 |
| 2013 | 82 | 128 |
| 2014 | 85 | 106 |
| 2015 | 75 | 111 |
| 2016 | 90 | 108 |
| 2017 | 92 | 160 |
| 2018 | 90 | 174 |
| 2019 | 129 | 231 |
| 2020 | 165 | 261 |
| 2021 | 136 | 228 |
| 2022 | 128 | 258 |
| 2023 | 149 | 212 |
| 2024 | 158 | 209 |
| 2025 | 173 | 161 |
| 2026 | 119 | 153 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Reprocessing a single-use medical device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,045 B2Innovative Health
- Apparatus and method for detecting moisture in a vacuum chamber22 Sep 2026US 12,742,593 B2Asp Global Manufacturing GmbH
- Feedback algorithms for manual bailout systems for surgical instruments15 Sep 2026US 12,733,931 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Ventilation therapy device8 Sep 2026US 12,728,217 B2Bmc Medical Co., Ltd.
- Disinfecting cap8 Sep 2026US 12,728,253 B2Medline Industries, Inc.
- Point-of-use system for medical instruments8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306685 A1Bon Secours Mercy Health, Inc.
- Medical Instrument and Retainer and Tip Protection Sheath8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306688 A1Cygnus Medical, LLC
- Packaging, storage, and protective techniques for medical syringes and fluid path components8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306734 A1
- Superhydrophobic antifouling coating compositions for releasing nitric oxide and applications thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308399 A1University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
- Acid/anionic antimicrobial and virucidal compositions and uses thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293891 A1Ecolab USA Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sterilizable surgical instrument2,100US 8,397,971 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Surgical instruments and components for use in sterile environments1,893US 8,414,577 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