A61M 16/0465
Tracheostomy tubes
Official title: {Tracheostomy tubes; Devices for performing a tracheostomy; Accessories therefor, e.g. masks, filters}
A61M16/0465 (Tracheostomy tubes) appears on 865 US grants and 989 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 865
- Published applications
- 989
- Assignees
- 367
- Inventors
- 1,560
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 22 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 21 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 13 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 7 |
| 2002 | 15 | 8 |
| 2003 | 13 | 12 |
| 2004 | 15 | 19 |
| 2005 | 8 | 25 |
| 2006 | 7 | 17 |
| 2007 | 9 | 22 |
| 2008 | 11 | 32 |
| 2009 | 15 | 50 |
| 2010 | 8 | 40 |
| 2011 | 9 | 38 |
| 2012 | 27 | 48 |
| 2013 | 35 | 47 |
| 2014 | 34 | 61 |
| 2015 | 48 | 51 |
| 2016 | 34 | 48 |
| 2017 | 19 | 43 |
| 2018 | 32 | 57 |
| 2019 | 41 | 49 |
| 2020 | 42 | 46 |
| 2021 | 39 | 60 |
| 2022 | 30 | 51 |
| 2023 | 24 | 52 |
| 2024 | 44 | 42 |
| 2025 | 26 | 38 |
| 2026 | 19 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tracheal connector with a flow restrictive mechanism25 Aug 2026US 12,714,818 B2Nihon Kohden Corporation
- Tracheal tube assembly18 Aug 2026US 12,708,728 B2Passy-Muir, Inc.
- Tracheostomy accessory and methods of use18 Aug 2026US 12,708,729 B2Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
- Tracheostoma device holder11 Aug 2026US 12,702,778 B2Coloplast A/S
- Tracheostomy tubes and the manufacture of such tubes and their components28 Jul 2026US 12,691,240 B2Icu Medical International Limited
- Tracheostomy tubes and their manufacture1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295185 A1Icu Medical International Limited
- Tracheostomy monitoring system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295186 A1The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology
- A difficult airway ventilation device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295187 A1Peking University Third Hospital (the Third Clinical Medical School of Peking University)
- Tracheal cannula and use of a tracheal cannula17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273213 A1Andreas Fahl Medizintechnik—Vertrieb GmbH
- Medical devices with camera and methods of placement3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256346 A1Wm & Dg, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Single use medical aspirating device and method1,175US 5,215,522 ABallard Medical Products · 1993
- Anti-infective and anti-inflammatory releasing systems for medical devices379US 5,512,055 A1996
- Universal bandage with transparent dressing340US 4,917,112 AKalt Medical Corporation · 1990
- Valved device273US 4,102,342 ATaichiro Akiyama · 1978
- Medical ventilator268US 6,543,449 B1Respironics, Inc. · 2003