A61M 11/001
Particle size control
Official title: {Particle size control}
A61M11/001 (Particle size control) appears on 1,043 US grants and 1,429 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 1,043
- Published applications
- 1,429
- Assignees
- 586
- Inventors
- 2,076
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 49 | 67 |
| 2025 | 48 | 96 |
| 2026 | 44 | 73 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Apparatus, methods, and systems for providing pharmaceutical compositions in the form of droplets for aerosol administration and inhalation delivery25 Aug 2026US 12,714,705 B2
- Nebulisation Method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306756 A1Acu-Flow Limited
- Inhalation therapy device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306761 A1PARI Pharma GmbH
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- Delivery of small droplets to the respiratory system via electronic breath actuated droplet delivery device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284327 A1Pneuma Respiratory, Inc.
- Compositions, devices, and methods for intranasal delivery of dry powder epinephrine24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284335 A1Belhaven BioPharma Inc.
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By later US patents
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- Aerosol and a method and apparatus for generating an aerosol647US 5,743,251 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1998
- Delivery of aerosol medications for inspiration598US 5,404,871 AAradigm Corporation · 1995
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