A61M 15/0015
Located upstream of the dispenser, i.e. not traversed by the product
Official title: {located upstream of the dispenser, i.e. not traversed by the product}
A61M15/0015 (Located upstream of the dispenser, i.e. not traversed by the product) appears on 238 US grants and 293 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 238
- Published applications
- 293
- Assignees
- 139
- Inventors
- 452
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 7 | 4 |
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| 2007 | 1 | 10 |
| 2008 | 3 | 8 |
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| 2011 | 6 | 9 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11 |
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| 2017 | 7 | 26 |
| 2018 | 20 | 33 |
| 2019 | 16 | 13 |
| 2020 | 16 | 11 |
| 2021 | 13 | 18 |
| 2022 | 15 | 13 |
| 2023 | 13 | 20 |
| 2024 | 9 | 16 |
| 2025 | 7 | 16 |
| 2026 | 7 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Nebulizer kit and nebulizer15 Sep 2026US 12,734,314 B2Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
- Aerosol-generating system and method of dispensing liquid aerosol-forming substrate with pumped air7 Jul 2026US 12,672,676 B2Altria Client Services LLC
- Breath actuated nebulizer23 Jun 2026US 12,661,461 B2Flexicare (Group) Limited
- Medical device with energy harvesting system16 Jun 2026US 12,653,971 B2Trudell Medical International
- Dry powder inhalation system24 Mar 2026US 12,582,784 B2MannKind Corporation
- Modified valve for use in a flow path10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263710 A1
- Vaporizer13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232018 A1Inspiranox Therapeutics Corporation
- Inhalation arrangement23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207865 A1URSATEC GmbH
- Drug-device combination19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048206 A1PARI Pharma GmbH
- Respiratory care system with electronic indicator15 Jan 2026US 2026/0014344 A1Trudell Medical International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Aerosol electronic cigarette597US 8,365,742 B2Ruyan Investment (Holdings) Limited · 2013
- Aerosol electronic cigarette505US 8,156,944 B2Ruyan Investments (Holdings) Limited · 2012
- Artificial smoke cigarette469US 7,845,359 B22010
- Simulated heated cigarette418US 5,865,186 A1999
- Method and apparatus for delivering aerosol to the airways and/or lungs of a patient398US 4,819,629 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 1989