A61M 2005/1405
Patient controlled analgesia [pca]
Official title: {Patient controlled analgesia [PCA]}
A61M2005/1405 (Patient controlled analgesia [pca]) appears on 237 US grants and 296 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 237
- Published applications
- 296
- Assignees
- 115
- Inventors
- 408
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 5 | 24 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11 |
| 2005 | 5 | 22 |
| 2006 | 8 | 9 |
| 2007 | 5 | 15 |
| 2008 | 6 | 10 |
| 2009 | 5 | 18 |
| 2010 | 12 | 17 |
| 2011 | 12 | 13 |
| 2012 | 12 | 13 |
| 2013 | 12 | 13 |
| 2014 | 12 | 3 |
| 2015 | 9 | 9 |
| 2016 | 5 | 11 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8 |
| 2018 | 8 | 13 |
| 2019 | 9 | 12 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9 |
| 2021 | 5 | 10 |
| 2022 | 8 | 13 |
| 2023 | 6 | 12 |
| 2024 | 10 | 12 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Infusion pump flow rate control24 Feb 2026US 12,558,478 B2CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Implantable manually-controllable drug delivery apparatus10 Feb 2026US 12,544,507 B2Tobios Corporation
- Rack-pump charging prioritization in multi-pump assembly18 Nov 2025US 12,472,303 B2Baxter Healthcare S. A.
- Bolus delivery device11 Nov 2025US 12,465,680 B2Avent, Inc.
- Moving basal engine for a fluid delivery device14 Oct 2025US 12,440,620 B2MannKind Corporation
- Method of controlling patient-controlled analgesia1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295158 A1
- Infusion pump with magnetic keyed lock23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207839 A1Fresenius Vial SAS
- Handheld device with activation switch for patient-controlled analgesia11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158216 A1
- Modular infusion system4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151554 A1CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Infusion pump flow rate control21 May 2026US 2026/0137862 A1CareFusion 303, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Physiological monitoring device for controlling a medication infusion device1,338US 7,278,983 B2Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2007
- Devices, systems and methods for patient infusion1,085US 7,137,964 B2Insulet Corporation · 2006
- Devices, systems and methods for patient infusion909US 6,740,059 B2Insulet Corporation · 2004
- Programmable insulin pump744US 6,852,104 B2Smiths Medical MD, Inc. · 2005
- Systems and methods for operating ambulatory medical devices such as drug delivery devices737US 5,658,250 ASIMS Deltec, Inc. · 1997