A61L 26/008
Hydrogels or hydrocolloids
Official title: {Hydrogels or hydrocolloids}
A61L26/008 (Hydrogels or hydrocolloids) appears on 493 US grants and 746 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 493
- Published applications
- 746
- Assignees
- 479
- Inventors
- 1,730
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 8 | 9 |
| 2003 | 9 | 10 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 12 |
| 2006 | 3 | 10 |
| 2007 | 5 | 19 |
| 2008 | 1 | 10 |
| 2009 | 1 | 17 |
| 2010 | 11 | 11 |
| 2011 | 7 | 18 |
| 2012 | 4 | 17 |
| 2013 | 7 | 26 |
| 2014 | 20 | 29 |
| 2015 | 20 | 36 |
| 2016 | 23 | 44 |
| 2017 | 27 | 46 |
| 2018 | 29 | 51 |
| 2019 | 33 | 36 |
| 2020 | 22 | 52 |
| 2021 | 34 | 55 |
| 2022 | 28 | 43 |
| 2023 | 22 | 53 |
| 2024 | 28 | 57 |
| 2025 | 29 | 49 |
| 2026 | 15 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Polysaccharide-based hydrogel scaffolds for wound care22 Sep 2026US 12,741,055 B2National University of Singapore
- Synthetic hydrogel carriers for muscle repair22 Sep 2026US 12,741,056 B2Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Ecobiological treatment of side effects of radiotherapy15 Sep 2026US 12,734,272 B2Bionuclei
- Antimicrobial, disinfecting and wound healing compositions and methods for producing and using same11 Aug 2026US 12,702,655 B2Armis Biopharma, Inc.
- Hydrogel compositions and preparation thereof21 Jul 2026US 12,685,800 B2Iberhospitex, S.A.
- Tissue graft compositions and uses thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295121 A1Aroa Biosurgery Limited
- High concentration hydrogels and related methods10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265466 A1Advanced Aesthetic Technologies, Inc.
- Natural fluorescent silk fibroin for biomedical applications20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241064 A1
- Lyophilized hydrogel wound dressing20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241066 A1Bone Pharm, LLC
- Method for Preparing a Sterile Hydrogel Comprising a Cross-Linked or Non-Crosslinked Polysaccharide or a Mixture Thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241069 A1Teoxane
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dried hydrogel from hydrophilic-hygroscopic polymer1,241US 5,409,703 ACarrington Laboratories, Inc. · 1995
- Water-insoluble polysaccharide hydrogel foam for medical applications1,170US 5,089,606 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1992
- Ionic semiconductor materials and applications thereof795US 5,055,171 AT and G Corporation · 1991
- Apparatus and methods for sealing a vascular puncture356US 7,335,220 B2Access Closure, Inc. · 2008
- Dimethylacrylamide-copolymer hydrogels with high oxygen permeability290US 4,954,587 ACiba-Geigy Corporation · 1990