A61M 1/602
Mechanical means for preventing flexible containers from collapsing when vacuum is applied
Official title: {Mechanical means for preventing flexible containers from collapsing when vacuum is applied inside, e.g. stents}
A61M1/602 (Mechanical means for preventing flexible containers from collapsing when vacuum is applied) appears on 72 US grants and 53 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 72
- Published applications
- 53
- Assignees
- 31
- Inventors
- 111
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Reduced-pressure systems, methods, and devices for simultaneously treating a plurality of tissue sites16 Jun 2026US 12,653,938 B2Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
- Collecting unit for medical suctions with a folded bag14 Jan 2025US 12,194,223 B2Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
- Reduced pressure therapy apparatus construction and control5 Nov 2024US 12,133,789 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Wound pressure determination for reduced pressure wound therapy15 Oct 2024US 12,115,298 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Portable wound therapy system15 Oct 2024US 12,115,302 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Reduced pressure therapy apparatus construction and control23 Jan 2025US 2025/0025349 A1Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Outflow collection vessels, systems, and components thereof for hysteroscopic surgical procedures11 Apr 2024US 2024/0115450 A1Covidien LP
- Implantable fluid extraction system11 Apr 2024US 2024/0115786 A1Paragate Medical Ltd.
- Reduced-pressure systems, methods, and devices for simultaneously treating a plurality of tissue sites25 Jan 2024US 2024/0024561 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Collecting unit for medical suctions with a folded bag28 Dec 2023US 2023/0414856 A1Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device and method for wound therapy446US 7,615,036 B2Kalypto Medical, Inc. · 2009
- Portable wound therapy system247US 8,641,691 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2014
- Multi-functional and modular urine collection system160US 7,931,630 B2C. R. Bard, Inc. · 2011
- Autotransfusion device151US 4,798,578 ASherwood Medical Company · 1989
- Fluid recovery system100US 5,401,262 AAtrium Medical Corporation · 1995