A61M 2005/2073
Preventing premature release
Official title: {preventing premature release, e.g. by making use of a safety lock}
A61M2005/2073 (Preventing premature release) appears on 1,259 US grants and 1,684 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 1,259
- Published applications
- 1,684
- Assignees
- 301
- Inventors
- 1,573
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 4 |
| 2002 | 5 | 20 |
| 2003 | 15 | 13 |
| 2004 | 11 | 9 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17 |
| 2006 | 6 | 24 |
| 2007 | 1 | 24 |
| 2008 | 9 | 35 |
| 2009 | 10 | 26 |
| 2010 | 27 | 50 |
| 2011 | 27 | 55 |
| 2012 | 39 | 44 |
| 2013 | 40 | 115 |
| 2014 | 49 | 61 |
| 2015 | 55 | 69 |
| 2016 | 77 | 111 |
| 2017 | 76 | 72 |
| 2018 | 75 | 114 |
| 2019 | 89 | 91 |
| 2020 | 88 | 111 |
| 2021 | 71 | 94 |
| 2022 | 85 | 88 |
| 2023 | 70 | 95 |
| 2024 | 79 | 131 |
| 2025 | 129 | 137 |
| 2026 | 50 | 74 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Drug delivery device having removable cap29 Sep 2026US 12,746,334 B2Amgen Inc.
- Needle assisted injection device having reduced trigger force22 Sep 2026US 12,741,095 B2Antares Pharma, Inc.
- Medication delivery device including disposable and reusable portions25 Aug 2026US 12,714,789 B2Eli Lilly and Company
- Device for subcutaneous delivery of a medicament25 Aug 2026US 12,714,790 B2Nuova Ompi S.R.L. Unipersonale
- Gas powered auto-injectors and methods for use25 Aug 2026US 12,714,793 B2Altaviz, LLC
- Injection apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306744 A1Owen Mumford Limited
- Drug delivery device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295164 A1Amgen Inc.
- Drug delivery device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295171 A1Sanofi
- A pause mechanism for a drive assembly of a medicament delivery device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284311 A1Shl Medical AG
- Auto-injectors for administration of a medicament within a prefilled syringe24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284313 A1kaleo, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic self-injection device555US 5,478,316 ABecton, Dickinson and Company · 1995
- Automatic injector462US 6,210,369 B1Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc. · 2001
- Injection apparatus437US 5,993,412 ABioject, Inc. · 1999
- Single use disposable needleless injector412US 5,334,144 ABecton, Dickinson and Company · 1994
- Disposable auto-injector for prefilled syringes375US 5,681,291 ATebro S.A. · 1997