A61M 2025/0019
Cleaning catheters or the like
Official title: {Cleaning catheters or the like, e.g. for reuse of the device, for avoiding replacement}
A61M2025/0019 (Cleaning catheters or the like) appears on 526 US grants and 716 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 526
- Published applications
- 716
- Assignees
- 268
- Inventors
- 1,031
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 25 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Rapid aspiration thrombectomy system and method15 Sep 2026US 12,734,333 B2Route 92 Medical, Inc.
- Rapid aspiration thrombectomy system and method8 Sep 2026US 12,728,229 B2Route 92 Medical, Inc.
- Ultraviolet disinfection probe for indwelling catheters1 Sep 2026US 12,721,920 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Method for straightening bent catheters for use18 Aug 2026US 12,708,737 B2Northeast Scientific, Inc.
- Medical tube clearance device18 Aug 2026US 12,708,738 B2Clearflow, Inc.
- Medical tube clearance device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295207 A1Clearflow, Inc.
- Functional maintenance of cardiovascular catheters24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284356 A1The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Multiple frequency surface acoustic waves for internal medical device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249043 A1NanoVibronix Inc
- Device for disinfecting and cleaning a catheter, and a method thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241137 A1Gambro Lundia AB
- Device for Holding a Medical Instrument in a Disinfection Chamber and Associated Assembly13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232858 A1Germitec
Most cited
By later US patents
- Externally grooved ureteral stent308US 4,307,723 AMedical Engineering Corporation · 1981
- Side slit catheter278US 5,460,618 AMiniMed Inc. · 1995
- Method of making a distensible dilatation balloon using a block copolymer187US 5,500,180 AC. R. Bard, Inc. · 1996
- Wound suction drainage system164US 5,141,503 A1992
- Catheter cleaning devices161US 7,922,701 B22011