A61M 1/984
Portable on the body
Official title: {portable on the body}
A61M1/984 (Portable on the body) appears on 516 US grants and 725 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 516
- Published applications
- 725
- Assignees
- 105
- Inventors
- 575
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 13 |
| 2008 | 2 | 10 |
| 2009 | 3 | 20 |
| 2010 | 10 | 43 |
| 2011 | 11 | 35 |
| 2012 | 19 | 32 |
| 2013 | 27 | 31 |
| 2014 | 30 | 40 |
| 2015 | 23 | 36 |
| 2016 | 23 | 30 |
| 2017 | 25 | 47 |
| 2018 | 37 | 48 |
| 2019 | 34 | 54 |
| 2020 | 43 | 54 |
| 2021 | 32 | 43 |
| 2022 | 33 | 57 |
| 2023 | 42 | 34 |
| 2024 | 52 | 40 |
| 2025 | 41 | 35 |
| 2026 | 20 | 16 |
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.
- Electrostatic discharge protection for sensors in wound therapy29 Sep 2026US 12,745,951 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Systems and methods for controlling operation of negative pressure wound therapy apparatus25 Aug 2026US 12,714,775 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Systems and methods for measuring and tracking wound volume11 Aug 2026US 12,702,746 B2T.J. Smith and Nephew, Limited
- 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 therapy24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283856 A1Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Dressing allowing enhanced articulation with strategic welds17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272721 A1Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
- System for negative pressure wound therapy3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257002 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
- Apparatus for removing fluid from a wound1,682US 5,549,584 AThe Kendall Company · 1996
- Wound dressing1,355US 8,764,732 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2014
- Vacuum assisted wound dressing1,328US 8,715,256 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2014
- Wound dressing1,225US 8,808,274 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2014
- Wound drainage device1,147US 4,392,858 ASherwood Medical Company · 1983