A61M 1/80
Suction pumps
Official title: {Suction pumps (A61M1/64, A61M1/71, A61M60/00 take precedence)}
A61M1/80 (Suction pumps) appears on 1,342 US grants and 1,780 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 1,342
- Published applications
- 1,780
- Assignees
- 565
- Inventors
- 2,356
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 7 |
| 2002 | 14 | 9 |
| 2003 | 8 | 22 |
| 2004 | 9 | 25 |
| 2005 | 12 | 32 |
| 2006 | 9 | 19 |
| 2007 | 9 | 36 |
| 2008 | 7 | 42 |
| 2009 | 15 | 47 |
| 2010 | 29 | 68 |
| 2011 | 26 | 62 |
| 2012 | 34 | 58 |
| 2013 | 57 | 64 |
| 2014 | 54 | 73 |
| 2015 | 51 | 73 |
| 2016 | 60 | 70 |
| 2017 | 57 | 130 |
| 2018 | 66 | 96 |
| 2019 | 96 | 122 |
| 2020 | 89 | 119 |
| 2021 | 89 | 130 |
| 2022 | 78 | 121 |
| 2023 | 99 | 83 |
| 2024 | 112 | 120 |
| 2025 | 65 | 97 |
| 2026 | 49 | 55 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Surgical suction device that uses positive pressure gas29 Sep 2026US 12,745,935 B2Conmed Corporation
- Medical waste collection system for collecting medical waste during a medical procedure29 Sep 2026US 12,746,320 B2Stryker Corporation
- Suction device for sucking obstruction in respiratory tract and use method therefor25 Aug 2026US 12,714,774 B2Dcstar Inc
- Ophthalmic surgical cartridge25 Aug 2026US 12,714,776 B2Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
- System for treating embolism and associated devices and methods11 Aug 2026US 12,702,538 B2Stryker Corporation
- Drainage Apparatus, Disposable Collection Bag, Tubing Set, And Methods Of Use1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295142 A1Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Catheter Device System and Method of Use24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284358 A1PAVmed Inc.
- Methods and systems for treatment of acute ischemic stroke17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272483 A1Route 92 Medical, Inc.
- Negative pressure wound therapy apparatus and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273165 A1Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Systems and methods for removing undesirable material within a circulatory system during a surgical procedure10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263094 A1AngioDynamics, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for removing fluid from a wound1,682US 5,549,584 AThe Kendall Company · 1996
- Field aspirator in a soft pack with externally mounted container1,199US 5,134,994 A1992
- Surgical cassette proximity sensing and latching apparatus1,181US 4,758,220 AAlcon Laboratories, Inc. · 1988
- Orthopedic autotransfusion system1,140US 5,279,550 AGish Biomedical, Inc. · 1994
- Closed wound drainage system743US 6,979,324 B2NeoGen Technologies, Inc. · 2005