A61M 2205/273
Preventing reuse
Official title: preventing reuse, e.g. of disposables
A61M2205/273 (Preventing reuse) appears on 378 US grants and 588 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 378
- Published applications
- 588
- Assignees
- 240
- Inventors
- 1,061
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 21 |
| 2007 | 1 | 11 |
| 2008 | 4 | 9 |
| 2009 | 1 | 15 |
| 2010 | 8 | 10 |
| 2011 | 9 | 25 |
| 2012 | 13 | 13 |
| 2013 | 22 | 20 |
| 2014 | 11 | 22 |
| 2015 | 16 | 20 |
| 2016 | 13 | 23 |
| 2017 | 17 | 24 |
| 2018 | 15 | 38 |
| 2019 | 24 | 42 |
| 2020 | 26 | 42 |
| 2021 | 33 | 48 |
| 2022 | 27 | 56 |
| 2023 | 32 | 45 |
| 2024 | 36 | 35 |
| 2025 | 30 | 34 |
| 2026 | 24 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Syringe assembly including pressurized sterile air6 Oct 2026US 12,752,057 B2
- Nebulizer1 Sep 2026US 12,721,957 B2Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
- Reagent-catalyst driven single use hydraulic drive and single use large volume injector25 Aug 2026US 12,714,797 B2Nypro Inc.
- Heating assembly for a vapour generating device25 Aug 2026US 12,714,806 B2JT International SA
- Fluid hub assembly25 Aug 2026US 12,716,532 B2CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Reusable automatic medicament delivery device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295163 A1Shl Medical AG
- Drug delivery device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295171 A1Sanofi
- Needle-Guidance Systems, Devices, and Method Thereof Including RFID Technology24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290528 A1Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Direct-From-Vial Medication Transfer Device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272782 A1
- Auto-disable syringe10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263699 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for radiofrequency ablation of tissue1,147US 5,540,681 AMedtronic CardioRhythm · 1996
- Non-linear control systems and methods for heating and ablating body tissue444US 5,702,386 AEP Technologies, Inc. · 1997
- Tissue heating and ablation systems and methods using time-variable set point temperature curves for monitoring and control359US 5,755,715 AEP Technologies, Inc. · 1998
- Removable ink for surgical instrument266US 8,540,709 B2Covidien LP · 2013
- Disconnect for medical access devices166US 5,820,614 ABecton, Dickinson and Company · 1998