A61M 2039/0294
Having a specific shape matching the shape of a tool to be
Official title: {having a specific shape matching the shape of a tool to be inserted therein, e.g. for easy introduction, for sealing purposes, guide}
A61M2039/0294 (Having a specific shape matching the shape of a tool to be) appears on 72 US grants and 90 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Instrument advancement device having an anti-buckling feature7 Oct 2025US 12,434,041 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Implantable medical devices with insertably removable elements17 Jun 2025US 12,329,589 B2Wyss Center for Bio and Neuro Engineering
- Barrier system to reduce the rates of infections10 Dec 2024US 12,161,532 B2University of Kansas
- Apparatus and method for cannulation of vascular access graft26 Mar 2024US 11,938,260 B2InnAVasc Medical, Inc.
- Instrument Advancement Device Having an Anti-Buckling Feature8 Jan 2026US 2026/0007870 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Implantable Medical Devices With Insertably Removable Elements25 Dec 2025US 2025/0387192 A1Wyss Center for Bio and Neuro Engineering
- Port access-lock device and system12 Jun 2025US 2025/0186756 A1H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc.
- Vascular Access Device8 Aug 2024US 2024/0261485 A1UNM Rainforest Innovations
- Vascular access devices with self-sealing valves18 Jul 2024US 2024/0238575 A1Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instrument stabilizer233US 5,445,615 A1995
- Transcutaneous access device223US 7,014,628 B22006
- Insertion device for use with curved, rigid endoscopic instruments and the like172US 5,176,649 A1993
- Magnetically aligned releasable connector136US 4,004,298 ASinai Hospital of Detroit · 1977
- Catheter system for skin passage units129US 6,413,244 B1Disetronic Licensing AG · 2002