A61M 2205/0222
Materials for reducing friction
A61M2205/0222 (Materials for reducing friction) appears on 292 US grants and 518 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 292
- Published applications
- 518
- Assignees
- 210
- Inventors
- 998
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 10 | 11 |
| 2004 | 2 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 10 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 12 |
| 2009 | 3 | 7 |
| 2010 | 2 | 10 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 | 17 |
| 2013 | 7 | 17 |
| 2014 | 13 | 23 |
| 2015 | 11 | 17 |
| 2016 | 10 | 14 |
| 2017 | 12 | 19 |
| 2018 | 9 | 27 |
| 2019 | 16 | 31 |
| 2020 | 34 | 30 |
| 2021 | 24 | 39 |
| 2022 | 16 | 44 |
| 2023 | 29 | 37 |
| 2024 | 24 | 42 |
| 2025 | 24 | 44 |
| 2026 | 13 | 43 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Vacuum therapy devices and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,746,324 B2Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Intravascular blood pump25 Aug 2026US 12,714,847 B2Abiomed Europe GmbH
- Enema device and a method of refilling said device with an enema11 Aug 2026US 12,702,748 B2Qufora A/S
- Integrated catheter-placement devices and methods for mitigating blood egress7 Jul 2026US 12,673,185 B2Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Balloon occlusion catheter23 Jun 2026US 12,661,481 B2Crannmed Limited
- Urinary catheter products with increased lubricity8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306792 A1Hollister Incorporated
- Packaged lubricated ready-to-use intermittent urinary catheter1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295212 A1
- Pliable guidewire and method of manufacture24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284366 A1Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
- Method, apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium for designing mouth shield having medicament supply unit10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263765 A1INNODTECH, Inc.
- Lithotripsy balloon dilation catheters having balloons to conform to lesions that are targeted by an acoustic or sound wave3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256483 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fitting for endotracheal tube apparatus and method of making the fitting251US 4,475,548 A1984
- Sealing stopper for a syringe and a prefilled syringe209US 6,090,081 ADaikyo Seiko, Ltd. · 2000
- Method and apparatus for endotracheal intubation using a light wand and curved guide192US 6,860,264 B2Evergreen Medical Incorporated · 2005
- Laminated sliding stopper for a syringe188US 4,997,423 ADaikyo Gomu Seiko Ltd. · 1991
- Syringe172US 4,303,070 ATerumo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1981