A61M 1/912
Connectors between dressing and drainage tube
Official title: {Connectors between dressing and drainage tube}
A61M1/912 (Connectors between dressing and drainage tube) appears on 523 US grants and 752 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 523
- Published applications
- 752
- Assignees
- 86
- Inventors
- 532
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2009 | 3 | 10 |
| 2010 | 7 | 34 |
| 2011 | 10 | 35 |
| 2012 | 21 | 24 |
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| 2014 | 29 | 40 |
| 2015 | 28 | 47 |
| 2016 | 25 | 32 |
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| 2018 | 45 | 56 |
| 2019 | 30 | 49 |
| 2020 | 32 | 57 |
| 2021 | 36 | 39 |
| 2022 | 37 | 69 |
| 2023 | 39 | 49 |
| 2024 | 51 | 54 |
| 2025 | 45 | 35 |
| 2026 | 25 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sensor positioning and optical sensing for sensor enabled wound therapy dressings and systems6 Oct 2026US 12,751,864 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Fluid storage container15 Sep 2026US 12,734,287 B2KCI Manufacturing Unlimited Company
- Systems and methods for percutaneous drainage8 Sep 2026US 12,728,242 B2NoviRad, Inc.
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods for wound therapy25 Aug 2026US 12,714,777 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Wound therapy system with in-line orifice11 Aug 2026US 12,702,747 B2KCI Manufactuting Unlimited Company
- Wound dressing and method of use24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283855 A1Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Apparatuses and methods for negative pressure wound therapy17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273164 A1T.J. Smith and Nephew, Limited
- System for negative pressure wound therapy3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257002 A1Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
- Dressing device for negative pressure wound therapy system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232495 A1Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
- Conduit Device For Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232891 A1Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical drape and suction head for wound treatment1,492US 6,345,623 B12002
- Surgical drape and suction head for wound treatment1,436US 6,553,998 B2KCI Licensing, Inc. · 2003
- Surgical drape and suction head for wound treatment1,422US 6,814,079 B2KCI Licensing, Inc. · 2004
- Wound dressing1,355US 8,764,732 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2014
- Vacuum therapy and cleansing dressing for wounds611US 6,855,135 B2Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · 2005