A61M 2209/04
Tools for specific apparatus
A61M2209/04 (Tools for specific apparatus) appears on 1,060 US grants and 1,322 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 1,060
- Published applications
- 1,322
- Assignees
- 458
- Inventors
- 1,961
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 16 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 5 |
| 2002 | 13 | 16 |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 |
| 2004 | 9 | 13 |
| 2005 | 6 | 14 |
| 2006 | 9 | 13 |
| 2007 | 5 | 22 |
| 2008 | 5 | 35 |
| 2009 | 4 | 35 |
| 2010 | 16 | 40 |
| 2011 | 22 | 54 |
| 2012 | 33 | 52 |
| 2013 | 45 | 32 |
| 2014 | 35 | 41 |
| 2015 | 31 | 70 |
| 2016 | 37 | 58 |
| 2017 | 46 | 101 |
| 2018 | 80 | 76 |
| 2019 | 89 | 90 |
| 2020 | 66 | 93 |
| 2021 | 51 | 84 |
| 2022 | 86 | 93 |
| 2023 | 68 | 84 |
| 2024 | 72 | 86 |
| 2025 | 64 | 67 |
| 2026 | 37 | 39 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus, system and method for fluid delivery6 Oct 2026US 12,751,899 B2DEKA Products Limited Partnership
- Establishing and maintaining vacuum in the reservoir of a drug delivery device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,327 B2Insulet Corporation
- Smart insulin pen sensing29 Sep 2026US 12,746,339 B2G. E. Ehrlich (1995) Ltd.
- Apparatus, system and method for fluid delivery29 Sep 2026US 12,747,046 B2DEKA Products Limited Partnership
- Apparatus, methods, and systems for providing pharmaceutical compositions in the form of droplets for aerosol administration and inhalation delivery25 Aug 2026US 12,714,705 B2
- Dose Divider8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306750 A1Sanofi Pasteur Limited
- Medical fluid generation system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284285 A1Vantive Health GmbH
- Devices, methods and systems for wireless control of medical devices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284300 A1
- Plier24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284847 A1
- Apparatus, System and Method for Fluid Delivery17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273178 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Implantable, programmable medication infusion system1,459US 4,373,527 AThe Johns Hopkins University · 1983
- Programmable control means for providing safe and controlled medication infusion814US 4,731,051 AThe Johns Hopkins University · 1988
- Refillable medication infusion apparatus758US 4,573,994 AThe Johns Hopkins University · 1986
- Implantable infusion device746US 4,360,019 AAndros Incorporated · 1982
- Techniques for positioning therapy delivery elements within a spinal cord or a brain697US 6,319,241 B1Medtronic, Inc. · 2001