A61M 16/0875
Connecting tubes
Official title: {Connecting tubes}
A61M16/0875 (Connecting tubes) appears on 1,967 US grants and 2,869 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 1,967
- Published applications
- 2,869
- Assignees
- 491
- Inventors
- 2,843
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2019 | 172 | 157 |
| 2020 | 165 | 198 |
| 2021 | 133 | 206 |
| 2022 | 175 | 217 |
| 2023 | 143 | 204 |
| 2024 | 156 | 217 |
| 2025 | 147 | 190 |
| 2026 | 90 | 99 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Ergonomic and adjustable respiratory mask assembly with headgear assembly456US 6,907,882 B2ResMed Limited · 2005
- Connector for a respiratory mask and a respiratory mask437US 6,691,707 B1ResMed Limited · 2004
- Mask and harness assembly391US 6,044,844 AResMed Limited · 2000
- Mask assembly368US 6,823,869 B2ResMed Limited · 2004
- Airflow delivery system361US 5,538,000 AHans Rudolph, Inc. · 1996