A61L 33/0094
Physical treatment
Official title: {Physical treatment, e.g. plasma treatment}
A61L33/0094 (Physical treatment) appears on 85 US grants and 53 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 85
- Published applications
- 53
- Assignees
- 60
- Inventors
- 193
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 7 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 9 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Antiadhesive superhydrophobic surfaces17 Mar 2026US 12,576,187 B2Colorado State University Research Foundation
- Anti-thrombogenic catheter assembly and related methods10 Feb 2026US 12,544,490 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Coating compositions, polymeric coatings, and methods23 Jul 2024US 12,042,580 B2Covalon Technologies Inc.
- Method for inhibiting platelet interaction with biomaterial surfaces26 Dec 2023US 11,850,335 B2Medtronic ATS Medical, Inc.
- Sanitation systems and components thereof having a slippery surface14 Sep 2021US 11,118,067 B2President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Medical devices and coating method26 Dec 2024US 2024/0423819 A1Suzhou Lavamed Co., Ltd.
- Coating compositions, polymeric coatings, and methods14 Nov 2024US 2024/0374794 A1Covalon Technologies Inc.
- Multi-functional conducting polymer coating on vascular access devices25 Jul 2024US 2024/0247115 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Antiadhesive superhydrophobic surfaces18 Apr 2024US 2024/0123118 A1Colorado State University Research Foundation
- Thromboresistant coatings, coated devices, and methods14 Sep 2023US 2023/0285641 A1Surmodics Coatings, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Anticoagulant plasma polymer-modified substrate454US 5,455,040 ACase Western Reserve University · 1995
- Negatively charged polymeric electret implant306US 5,759,205 ABrown University Research Foundation · 1998
- Intravesical infuser299US 6,171,298 B2Situs Corporation · 2001
- Plasma gas discharge treatment for improving the biocompatibility of biomaterials237US 4,656,083 AWashington Research Foundation · 1987
- Vascular prosthesis and method173US 5,246,451 AMedtronic, Inc. · 1993