A61M 1/985
The dressing itself forming the collection container
Official title: {the dressing itself forming the collection container}
A61M1/985 (The dressing itself forming the collection container) appears on 367 US grants and 508 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 367
- Published applications
- 508
- Assignees
- 71
- Inventors
- 386
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 11 |
| 2010 | 7 | 15 |
| 2011 | 6 | 22 |
| 2012 | 5 | 20 |
| 2013 | 18 | 19 |
| 2014 | 21 | 29 |
| 2015 | 14 | 29 |
| 2016 | 17 | 18 |
| 2017 | 16 | 34 |
| 2018 | 29 | 41 |
| 2019 | 23 | 44 |
| 2020 | 32 | 38 |
| 2021 | 28 | 30 |
| 2022 | 25 | 47 |
| 2023 | 36 | 26 |
| 2024 | 37 | 30 |
| 2025 | 34 | 25 |
| 2026 | 15 | 14 |
By publication year. 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.
- Electrostatic discharge protection for sensors in wound therapy29 Sep 2026US 12,745,951 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Systems and methods for measuring and tracking wound volume11 Aug 2026US 12,702,746 B2T.J. Smith and Nephew, Limited
- Blockage and leak detection in multiple dressing reduced pressure wound therapy systems4 Aug 2026US 12,697,425 B2T.J. Smith and Nephew, Limited
- Tissue healing14 Jul 2026US 12,678,338 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- 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
- Conduit Device For Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232891 A1Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
- Compact negative pressure wound therapy system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224796 A1Xairio, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Biocompatible wound dressing634US 7,070,584 B2KCI Licensing, Inc. · 2006
- Self contained wound dressing with micropump552US 7,569,742 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2009