A61M 1/774
Handpieces specially adapted for providing suction as well as irrigation, either simultaneously
Official title: {Handpieces specially adapted for providing suction as well as irrigation, either simultaneously or independently}
A61M1/774 (Handpieces specially adapted for providing suction as well as irrigation, either simultaneously) appears on 566 US grants and 596 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 566
- Published applications
- 596
- Assignees
- 257
- Inventors
- 1,026
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 17 | 29 |
| 2024 | 38 | 40 |
| 2025 | 35 | 34 |
| 2026 | 24 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Systems and methods for thermal monitoring during phacoemulsification surgery1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294684 A1Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
- Dual-flow biological fluid exchange device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295141 A1
- Ophthalmic surgical handpiece and ophthalmic surgical system comprising such a handpiece9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191684 A1Carl Zeiss Meditec Cataract Technology Inc.
- System for flushing a wound and/or a body cavity, in particular the pericardial cavity9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192035 A1Haermonics BV
- Complex irrigation/suction flow path in a medical device2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183530 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical tool2,269US 5,395,312 A1995
- Method and apparatus for a valve and irrigator1,487US 5,738,648 AValleylab, Inc. · 1998
- Multifunctional minimally invasive surgical instrument1,111US 5,456,684 AHutchinson Technology Incorporated · 1995
- Automatic fluid control system for use in open and laparoscopic laser surgery and electrosurgery and method therefor816US 5,836,909 A1998
- Removable adapter for phacoemulsification handpiece having irrigation and aspiration fluid paths802US 8,454,551 B2Zevex, Inc. · 2013