A61M 2205/58
Means for facilitating use
Official title: Means for facilitating use, e.g. by people with impaired vision
A61M2205/58 (Means for facilitating use) appears on 7,198 US grants and 10,865 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 7,198
- Published applications
- 10,865
- Assignees
- 2,624
- Inventors
- 14,131
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 18 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 26 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 32 | 0 |
| 1998 | 29 | 0 |
| 1999 | 35 | 0 |
| 2000 | 35 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 16 |
| 2002 | 39 | 69 |
| 2003 | 47 | 85 |
| 2004 | 41 | 80 |
| 2005 | 41 | 103 |
| 2006 | 50 | 113 |
| 2007 | 33 | 151 |
| 2008 | 29 | 160 |
| 2009 | 42 | 175 |
| 2010 | 118 | 196 |
| 2011 | 98 | 236 |
| 2012 | 129 | 283 |
| 2013 | 192 | 297 |
| 2014 | 226 | 374 |
| 2015 | 215 | 416 |
| 2016 | 262 | 529 |
| 2017 | 334 | 649 |
| 2018 | 344 | 635 |
| 2019 | 546 | 780 |
| 2020 | 592 | 845 |
| 2021 | 562 | 956 |
| 2022 | 607 | 927 |
| 2023 | 659 | 827 |
| 2024 | 641 | 777 |
| 2025 | 660 | 750 |
| 2026 | 347 | 436 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61M 2205/583By visual feedbackIndexing code4,510
- A61M 2205/581By audible feedbackIndexing code3,612
- A61M 2205/582By tactile feedbackIndexing code2,349
- A61M 2205/587Lighting arrangementsIndexing code1,234
- A61M 2205/586Ergonomic details thereforIndexing code469
- A61M 2205/588By olfactory feedback, i.e. smellIndexing code67
Recent patents
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- Breast Pump1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295131 A1Medela Holding AG
- Blood transfusion for thrombectomy devices, and systems and methods thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295138 A1Endovascular Engineering, Inc.
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Handheld personal data assistant (PDA) with a medical device and method of using the same2,273US 6,558,320 B1Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2003
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- Ambulatory medical apparatus with hand held communication device1,537US 6,810,290 B2Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2004