A61M 16/0833
T- or y-type connectors
Official title: {T- or Y-type connectors, e.g. Y-piece}
A61M16/0833 (T- or y-type connectors) appears on 1,298 US grants and 1,589 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 1,298
- Published applications
- 1,589
- Assignees
- 552
- Inventors
- 2,422
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 16 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | 16 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 10 |
| 2002 | 12 | 20 |
| 2003 | 31 | 21 |
| 2004 | 22 | 33 |
| 2005 | 12 | 47 |
| 2006 | 20 | 31 |
| 2007 | 20 | 40 |
| 2008 | 14 | 51 |
| 2009 | 17 | 64 |
| 2010 | 19 | 55 |
| 2011 | 33 | 70 |
| 2012 | 43 | 70 |
| 2013 | 65 | 87 |
| 2014 | 60 | 80 |
| 2015 | 58 | 76 |
| 2016 | 39 | 64 |
| 2017 | 44 | 53 |
| 2018 | 52 | 53 |
| 2019 | 61 | 78 |
| 2020 | 59 | 91 |
| 2021 | 61 | 110 |
| 2022 | 60 | 92 |
| 2023 | 77 | 98 |
| 2024 | 66 | 93 |
| 2025 | 63 | 70 |
| 2026 | 36 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Nasal positive airway pressure apparatus and method537US 5,477,852 AAirways Ltd., Inc. · 1995
- Evertible membrane catheter and method of use532US 4,946,440 A1990
- Breath actuated medicinal aerosol delivery apparatus475US 5,479,920 AVortran Medical Technology, Inc. · 1996
- Ventilation interface for sleep apnea therapy438US 6,595,215 B2InnoMed Technologies, Inc. · 2003