A61M 1/69
Drainage containers not being adapted for subjection to vacuum
Official title: {Drainage containers not being adapted for subjection to vacuum, e.g. bags (devices worn by the patient for reception of urine A61F5/44)}
A61M1/69 (Drainage containers not being adapted for subjection to vacuum) appears on 179 US grants and 228 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 228
- Assignees
- 116
- Inventors
- 404
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 15 | 17 |
| 2026 | 5 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Device for holding post-surgery drain reservoir9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192095 A1
- Means of attaching a disposable drainage bag for urological, gynecological and other surgical procedures2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183170 A1Kyra Medical, Inc.
- Reuse prevention for dialysis bags25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174944 A1Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
- Method and system for detecting fluid level in vessel connected to patient16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102550 A1Cloudphysician Healthcare Pvt Ltd
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By later US patents
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- Portable medical suction device381US 4,930,997 A1990
- Surgical irrigation and aspiration system with dampening device261US 4,921,477 AThe Cooper Companies, Inc. · 1990
- Suction liquid collection assembly and flexible collecting bag therefor150US 4,466,888 AHaemonetics Corporation · 1984
- Method and apparatus for removing liquids from a drainage device145US 4,551,141 ASurgidyne Inc. · 1985