A61M

Devices for delivering substances into the body

Official title: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}

A61M (Devices for delivering substances into the body) appears on 125,823 US grants and 150,717 published applications in this corpus.

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YearGranted patentsPublished applications
19764640
19774720
19783700
19793400
19805230
19815400
19824740
19834530
19845880
19855730
19866720
19879220
19888220
198910860
199011060
199111700
199212870
199314400
199416740
199515450
199615950
199716220
199821680
199920010
200019780
20011920774
200218672506
200323533057
200418213671
200514923699
200616663624
200713723982
200812854405
200915334662
201026505106
201128765065
201234715516
201343186110
201444616989
201544206758
201646176971
201750967312
201851707470
201965338318
202064768581
202160728810
202259838282
202360558128
202462948418
202559867278
202641515225

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