A61M 16/0488
Mouthpieces
Official title: {Mouthpieces; Means for guiding, securing or introducing the tubes (guiding or introducing with laryngoscopes A61B1/267; holding devices on the body A61M25/02)}
A61M16/0488 (Mouthpieces) appears on 1,824 US grants and 2,381 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 1,824
- Published applications
- 2,381
- Assignees
- 860
- Inventors
- 3,546
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 18 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 15 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 18 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 27 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 18 | 0 |
| 1994 | 30 | 0 |
| 1995 | 27 | 0 |
| 1996 | 33 | 0 |
| 1997 | 29 | 0 |
| 1998 | 32 | 0 |
| 1999 | 33 | 0 |
| 2000 | 24 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 13 |
| 2002 | 20 | 38 |
| 2003 | 29 | 42 |
| 2004 | 39 | 32 |
| 2005 | 18 | 47 |
| 2006 | 20 | 63 |
| 2007 | 18 | 52 |
| 2008 | 15 | 81 |
| 2009 | 19 | 81 |
| 2010 | 22 | 92 |
| 2011 | 39 | 87 |
| 2012 | 51 | 111 |
| 2013 | 57 | 121 |
| 2014 | 77 | 160 |
| 2015 | 74 | 122 |
| 2016 | 73 | 140 |
| 2017 | 86 | 129 |
| 2018 | 79 | 109 |
| 2019 | 109 | 125 |
| 2020 | 98 | 120 |
| 2021 | 63 | 124 |
| 2022 | 98 | 129 |
| 2023 | 84 | 125 |
| 2024 | 56 | 95 |
| 2025 | 75 | 82 |
| 2026 | 68 | 61 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method for delivering a therapy and sensing a biological activity in the mouth29 Sep 2026US 12,746,148 B2Split Rock Scientific, Inc.
- Systems, devices, and techniques for positioning tubes including a split, articulating stylet29 Sep 2026US 12,746,357 B2Through the Cords, LLC
- Apparatus and method for improved assisted ventilation22 Sep 2026US 12,741,110 B2CoLabs Medical, Inc.
- Bougie and method of making and using the same8 Sep 2026US 12,728,222 B2Adroit Surgical, LLC
- Oral bite block for endotracheal tube8 Sep 2026US 12,728,223 B2Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- A difficult airway ventilation device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295187 A1Peking University Third Hospital (the Third Clinical Medical School of Peking University)
- Oral tracheal intubation assistance device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295188 A1
- Tracheal cannula and use of a tracheal cannula17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273213 A1Andreas Fahl Medizintechnik—Vertrieb GmbH
- Oxygenating bite block17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273214 A1Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Airway exchange bronchoscope construction10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262930 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical instruments for introduction into the respiratory tract of a patient1,502US 4,454,887 A1984
- Face mask for patient breathing630US 5,921,239 ASunrise Medical HHG Inc. · 1999
- Device for stimulating the human respiratory system373US 4,601,465 A1986
- Oxygen delivery and administration system369US 4,660,555 A1987
- Combination integral bite block airway and nasal cannula363US 5,513,634 AChek-Med Systems, Inc. · 1996