A61M 11/02
Operated by air or other gas pressure applied to the liquid or
Official title: operated by air {or other gas} pressure applied to the liquid {or other product} to be sprayed or atomised {(sprayers for horticulture A01G, A01H; killing insects A01M; air humidifying by nozzles F24F6/14, F24F6/18; cooling by spraying F28B, F28C)}
A61M11/02 (Operated by air or other gas pressure applied to the liquid or) appears on 728 US grants and 1,164 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 728
- Published applications
- 1,164
- Assignees
- 470
- Inventors
- 1,615
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 8 | 11 |
| 2003 | 5 | 17 |
| 2004 | 9 | 21 |
| 2005 | 6 | 13 |
| 2006 | 9 | 15 |
| 2007 | 2 | 23 |
| 2008 | 6 | 30 |
| 2009 | 8 | 28 |
| 2010 | 20 | 23 |
| 2011 | 14 | 27 |
| 2012 | 25 | 30 |
| 2013 | 18 | 60 |
| 2014 | 25 | 56 |
| 2015 | 40 | 45 |
| 2016 | 38 | 54 |
| 2017 | 37 | 66 |
| 2018 | 41 | 60 |
| 2019 | 47 | 60 |
| 2020 | 39 | 80 |
| 2021 | 49 | 86 |
| 2022 | 47 | 77 |
| 2023 | 47 | 83 |
| 2024 | 45 | 69 |
| 2025 | 63 | 74 |
| 2026 | 33 | 56 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Apparatus for use in aerosol delivery29 Sep 2026US 12,746,348 B2Sensory Cloud, Inc.
- Automatic medicine replacement and atomization device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,115 B2Medcaptain Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
- Nebulizer kit and nebulizer15 Sep 2026US 12,734,314 B2Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
- Steam inhaler device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,958 B2Michael Todd Beauty LP
- Device for nasal delivery of a fluid product1 Sep 2026US 12,721,960 B2Aptar France SAS
- Nasal drug delivery device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306767 A1Woodward Specialty LLC
- Funneled t-connector with nebulizer for use with a positive pressure ventilator8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306780 A1Hill-Rom Services Pte. Ltd.
- Delivery of small droplets to the respiratory system via electronic breath actuated droplet delivery device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284327 A1Pneuma Respiratory, Inc.
- Pharmaceutical agent, medicinal solution for cleaning pulmonary alveoli, and nebulizer17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272854 A1
- Methods and devices for treating a disease with biotherapeutics10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263766 A1
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By later US patents
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- Artificial smoke cigarette469US 7,845,359 B22010
- Nebulizer method370US 8,127,772 B22012
- Human lung ventilator system318US 5,237,987 AInfrasonics, Inc. · 1993
- Dry powder inhaler284US 5,875,776 AVivorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 1999