A61M 1/0697
Having means for massaging the breast
Official title: {having means for massaging the breast}
A61M1/0697 (Having means for massaging the breast) appears on 222 US grants and 303 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 222
- Published applications
- 303
- Assignees
- 83
- Inventors
- 420
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 10 |
| 2003 | 4 | 10 |
| 2004 | 10 | 14 |
| 2005 | 10 | 12 |
| 2006 | 3 | 11 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 5 | 7 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 |
| 2011 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 8 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 13 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 18 |
| 2017 | 4 | 11 |
| 2018 | 6 | 13 |
| 2019 | 14 | 9 |
| 2020 | 15 | 26 |
| 2021 | 9 | 41 |
| 2022 | 18 | 13 |
| 2023 | 15 | 17 |
| 2024 | 18 | 16 |
| 2025 | 17 | 12 |
| 2026 | 5 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Breast pump flange assembly and method of use29 Sep 2026US 12,746,312 B2
- Breast pump4 Aug 2026US 12,697,422 B2National University of Ireland, Galway
- Pump arrangement, configured to be used with a double breast pump device28 Jul 2026US 12,691,205 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Breast shield23 Jun 2026US 12,661,438 B2Medela, Inc.
- Systems, devices and methods for assessing milk volume expressed from a breast17 Feb 2026US 12,551,161 B2Willow Innovations, Inc.
- Breast shield assembly, adjustment arrangement, and method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207828 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- A nipple stimulation unit16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199569 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- A system for applying a vacuum to a breast and a breast pump using the same25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174939 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Self-Adsorption Milk Pumping Apparatus and Breast Pump25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174940 A1Ningbo Xiaowu Brand Management Co., Ltd.
- Physiotherapy structure, breast pump and breast pumping bra21 May 2026US 2026/0137846 A1Shenzhen Lute Jiacheng Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Programmable breastpump170US 6,547,756 B1Medela Holding AG · 2003
- Milking apparatus and method137US 4,263,912 A1981
- Disposable patient interface for intraductal fluid aspiration system134US 6,676,610 B2Neomatrix, LLC · 2004
- Breastpump122US 4,857,051 AIsg/AG · 1989
- Portable electric breast pump118US 4,772,262 ANatural Technologies, Inc. · 1988