A61M 1/631
Emptying the suction container without interrupting suction
Official title: {Emptying the suction container without interrupting suction}
A61M1/631 (Emptying the suction container without interrupting suction) appears on 89 US grants and 75 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 89
- Published applications
- 75
- Assignees
- 45
- Inventors
- 140
- Latest grant
- 24 Mar 2026
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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