A61M 25/002
Packages specially adapted therefor
Official title: {Packages specially adapted therefor (combined with means for introducing catheters, e.g. dispensers, A61M25/0113); catheter kit packages (for surgical articles A61B50/30)}
A61M25/002 (Packages specially adapted therefor) appears on 797 US grants and 1,019 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 797
- Published applications
- 1,019
- Assignees
- 295
- Inventors
- 1,427
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 9 | 13 |
| 2003 | 11 | 13 |
| 2004 | 4 | 19 |
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| 2007 | 9 | 20 |
| 2008 | 10 | 27 |
| 2009 | 14 | 23 |
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| 2013 | 17 | 45 |
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| 2018 | 40 | 49 |
| 2019 | 50 | 62 |
| 2020 | 50 | 52 |
| 2021 | 44 | 60 |
| 2022 | 38 | 62 |
| 2023 | 45 | 72 |
| 2024 | 51 | 56 |
| 2025 | 45 | 61 |
| 2026 | 32 | 67 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Catheter tray, packaging system, and associated methods6 Oct 2026US 12,752,076 B2Medline Industries, Inc.
- Carrying and storage case for external catheter system22 Sep 2026US 12,741,118 B2C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Labeling and packaging system and methods22 Sep 2026US 12,741,783 B2C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Intermittent urinary catheter assembly25 Aug 2026US 12,714,824 B2Coloplast A/S
- Wrap systems for medical device kits25 Aug 2026US 12,714,825 B2C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Retractable Insertion Tubes for Medical Devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306790 A1
- 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
- Method and apparatus for compressing/loading stent-valves24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283775 A1Symetis SA
- Modular pre-loaded medical implants and delivery systems24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284357 A1Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Applicator device for suppositories and the like1,059US 7,717,873 B2McNeil-PPC, Inc. · 2010
- Packaged medical device458US 8,486,047 B2Covidien LP · 2013
- Restrictive package for expandable or shape memory medical devices and method of preventing premature change of same410US 5,765,682 AMenlo Care, Inc. · 1998
- Expandable preformed structures for deployment in interior body regions357US 6,979,341 B2Kyphon Inc. · 2005
- Expandable preformed structures for deployment in interior body regions277US 6,607,544 B1Kyphon Inc. · 2003