A61M 1/982
With means for detecting level of collected exudate
Official title: {with means for detecting level of collected exudate}
A61M1/982 (With means for detecting level of collected exudate) appears on 380 US grants and 522 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 380
- Published applications
- 522
- Assignees
- 73
- Inventors
- 470
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 15 |
| 2008 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 | 6 | 13 |
| 2010 | 11 | 48 |
| 2011 | 9 | 42 |
| 2012 | 24 | 19 |
| 2013 | 23 | 29 |
| 2014 | 28 | 39 |
| 2015 | 19 | 19 |
| 2016 | 15 | 24 |
| 2017 | 22 | 25 |
| 2018 | 23 | 28 |
| 2019 | 16 | 31 |
| 2020 | 34 | 46 |
| 2021 | 18 | 25 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 |
| 2023 | 29 | 18 |
| 2024 | 31 | 23 |
| 2025 | 18 | 17 |
| 2026 | 14 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sensor positioning and optical sensing for sensor enabled wound therapy dressings and systems6 Oct 2026US 12,751,864 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Systems and methods for controlling operation of negative pressure wound therapy apparatus25 Aug 2026US 12,714,775 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Blockage and leak detection in multiple dressing reduced pressure wound therapy systems4 Aug 2026US 12,697,425 B2T.J. Smith and Nephew, Limited
- Reduced-pressure systems, methods, and devices for simultaneously treating a plurality of tissue sites16 Jun 2026US 12,653,938 B2Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
- Wound therapy system with blockage and leak detection16 Jun 2026US 12,653,940 B2Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
- Status indication using a disposable accessory for negative pressure wound therapy and treatment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306731 A1T.J. Smith and Nephew, Limited
- Apparatuses and methods for negative pressure wound therapy24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283856 A1Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Wound therapy system with blockage and leak detection17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273161 A1Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
- Negative pressure wound therapy apparatus and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273165 A1Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Automatic wound coupling detection in negative pressure wound therapy systems27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248654 A1Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wound treatment employing reduced pressure2,003US 5,636,643 AWake Forest University · 1997
- Method of treating tissue damage and apparatus for same1,737US 5,645,081 AWake Forest University · 1997
- Irrigation dressing1,388US 5,358,494 A1994
- Reduced pressure treatment system881US 7,846,141 B2BlueSky Medical Group Incorporated · 2010
- Wound treatment apparatus841US 6,458,109 B1Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · 2002