A61M 1/782
Using valves with freely moving parts
Official title: {using valves with freely moving parts, e.g. float valves}
A61M1/782 (Using valves with freely moving parts) appears on 167 US grants and 175 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 167
- Published applications
- 175
- Assignees
- 84
- Inventors
- 312
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 4 | 8 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 9 |
| 2010 | 5 | 11 |
| 2011 | 3 | 11 |
| 2012 | 9 | 3 |
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| 2019 | 11 | 13 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | 8 | 10 |
| 2022 | 5 | 9 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 8 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Wound treatment employing reduced pressure2,003US 5,636,643 AWake Forest University · 1997
- Irrigation system for endoscopic surgery1,585US 6,358,224 B1Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2002
- Shut off valve for medical suction apparatus1,124US 4,256,109 A1981
- Wound treatment employing reduced pressure584US 7,216,651 B2Wake Forest University Health Sciences · 2007
- Method and apparatus for collecting surgical fluids515US 6,152,902 AEthicon, Inc. · 2000