A61M 16/0472
Devices for performing a tracheostomy
Official title: {Devices for performing a tracheostomy}
A61M16/0472 (Devices for performing a tracheostomy) appears on 165 US grants and 177 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 177
- Assignees
- 75
- Inventors
- 335
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Multistage expandable loading dilator26 May 2026US 12,636,454 B2Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- Robotic-assisted navigation and control for airway management procedures, assemblies and systems24 Feb 2026US 12,558,187 B2Spiro Robotics, Inc.
- Non-invasively and safely and quickly surgical technique of inserting T-shaped tube into stenotic trachea23 Sep 2025US 12,420,046 B2Taichung Veterans General Hospital
- Percutaneous dilation tracheostomy device and method of using12 Aug 2025US 12,383,686 B2University of Maryland
- Apparatus and method for placement of device along wall of a body lumen22 Oct 2024US 12,121,214 B2University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Integrated obturator device for emergency cricothyrotomy airway establishment16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199622 A16:8 Medical Solutions LLC
- Light-based medical device1 Jan 2026US 2026/0000352 A1
- Tracheostomy tube monitoring accessory and uses thereof4 Dec 2025US 2025/0367393 A1Children's National Medical Center
- Surgical cricothyrotomy device2 Oct 2025US 2025/0303089 A1
- Devices and methods for performing a tracheostomy28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269131 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for forming an opening in patient's tissue203US 10,293,129 B2Hansa Medical Products, Inc. · 2019
- Apparatus and method for providing passage into body viscus187US 4,978,334 A1990
- Emergency cricothyrotomy tube insertion180US 5,681,323 A1997
- Introducer sheath142US 7,534,250 B2Cook Critical Care Incorporated · 2009
- Method of performing an emergency cricothyrotomy111US 4,331,138 A1982