A61M 2005/31518
Designed to reduce the overall size of an injection device
Official title: {designed to reduce the overall size of an injection device, e.g. using flexible or pivotally connected chain-like rod members}
A61M2005/31518 (Designed to reduce the overall size of an injection device) appears on 406 US grants and 506 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 18 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Ball joint-style, non-fixed coupling between a pusher plate and plunger in a syringe barrel15 Sep 2026US 12,734,292 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Medicament delivery device15 Sep 2026US 12,734,297 B2Shl Medical AG
- Multistage gas-actuated drug supply device and method thereof25 Aug 2026US 12,714,792 B2MicroMED Co., Ltd.
- Portable infusion pump23 Jun 2026US 12,661,457 B2Shl Medical AG
- Drug delivery device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295171 A1Sanofi
- Pumping mechanism with wire-pulled plunger10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263689 A1Insulet Corporation
- Plunger Rod and Syringe Including Same3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257019 A1Becton Dickinson France
- Compact positive displacement pump for wearable drug delivery device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232897 A1Insulet Corporation
- Drug delivery device with indicator13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232914 A1Insulet Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Removable controller for an infusion pump756US 7,981,102 B2Asante Solutions, Inc. · 2011
- Medication infusion pump with flexible drive plunger734US 5,637,095 AMiniMed Inc. · 1997
- Propelling device for a piston in a container containing a liquid medicament560US 7,066,909 B1Disetronic Licensing AG · 2006
- Infusion medium delivery device and method with compressible or curved reservoir or conduit549US 8,137,314 B2Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2012
- Drug delivery device463US 6,595,956 B12003