A61M 1/168
Sterilisation or cleaning before or after use
Official title: {Sterilisation or cleaning before or after use}
A61M1/168 (Sterilisation or cleaning before or after use) appears on 497 US grants and 481 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 497
- Published applications
- 481
- Assignees
- 136
- Inventors
- 720
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 7 | 9 |
| 2003 | 9 | 11 |
| 2004 | 5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13 |
| 2006 | 2 | 6 |
| 2007 | 5 | 4 |
| 2008 | 6 | 7 |
| 2009 | 3 | 10 |
| 2010 | 2 | 11 |
| 2011 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 7 | 12 |
| 2013 | 10 | 12 |
| 2014 | 7 | 24 |
| 2015 | 11 | 25 |
| 2016 | 12 | 22 |
| 2017 | 20 | 34 |
| 2018 | 26 | 29 |
| 2019 | 31 | 25 |
| 2020 | 25 | 33 |
| 2021 | 24 | 34 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 |
| 2023 | 28 | 49 |
| 2024 | 36 | 34 |
| 2025 | 32 | 26 |
| 2026 | 23 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Medical fluid drain containers and related systems and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,752,045 B2Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
- Extracorporeal life support system and methods of use thereof25 Aug 2026US 12,714,623 B2The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Access system for a medical treatment device for extracting or adding a medical liquid, and medical treatment device having an access of this kind25 Aug 2026US 12,714,842 B2Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
- Dialysis system having enhanced features including drip prevention11 Aug 2026US 12,702,737 B2Vantive Health GmbH
- Device for delivery of antimicrobial agent into a medical device4 Aug 2026US 12,697,477 B2ICU Medical, Inc.
- Medical fluid generation system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284285 A1Vantive Health GmbH
- Closure cap for the sterilization or filling of a medical article10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263774 A1Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
- Extracorporeal blood treatment device with shortened disinfection time13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232881 A1
- Peritoneal dialysis system using disinfection13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232884 A1Vantive Health GmbH
- Multi-use peritoneal dialysis disposable and methods of sterilization thereof16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199573 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for kidney dialysis736US 5,247,434 AAlthin Medical, Inc. · 1993
- Hot water disinfection of dialysis machines, including the extracorporeal circuit thereof490US 5,591,344 AAksys, Ltd. · 1997
- Apparatus for performing a self-test of kidney dialysis membrane466US 5,486,286 AAlthin Medical, Inc. · 1996
- Apparatus for kidney dialysis434US 5,744,027 AAlthin Medical, Inc. · 1998
- Method and apparatus for kidney dialysis321US 6,284,131 B1Baxter International Inc. · 2001