A61M 1/86
Connectors between drainage tube and handpiece
Official title: {Connectors between drainage tube and handpiece, e.g. drainage tubes detachable from handpiece}
A61M1/86 (Connectors between drainage tube and handpiece) appears on 252 US grants and 374 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 252
- Published applications
- 374
- Assignees
- 152
- Inventors
- 549
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 10 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 3 | 11 |
| 2011 | 2 | 9 |
| 2012 | 9 | 9 |
| 2013 | 4 | 9 |
| 2014 | 12 | 13 |
| 2015 | 10 | 17 |
| 2016 | 3 | 19 |
| 2017 | 13 | 23 |
| 2018 | 15 | 37 |
| 2019 | 17 | 25 |
| 2020 | 21 | 34 |
| 2021 | 18 | 28 |
| 2022 | 22 | 30 |
| 2023 | 24 | 30 |
| 2024 | 24 | 21 |
| 2025 | 13 | 18 |
| 2026 | 6 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Ultrasonic surgical system with aspiration tubulation connector1,549US 4,988,334 AValleylab, Inc. · 1991
- Irrigation/aspiration manifold and fittings for ultrasonic surgical aspiration system1,508US 4,747,820 ACooper LaserSonics, Inc. · 1988
- Powered surgical apparatus, method of manufacturing powered surgical apparatus, and method of using powered surgical apparatus1,433US 7,462,187 B2Gyrus Ent, L.L.C. · 2008