A61M 25/0612
Devices for protecting the needle
Official title: {Devices for protecting the needle; Devices to help insertion of the needle, e.g. wings or holders}
A61M25/0612 (Devices for protecting the needle) appears on 1,614 US grants and 1,637 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 1,614
- Published applications
- 1,637
- Assignees
- 406
- Inventors
- 1,696
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 77 | 48 |
| 2026 | 37 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Safety IV catheter with V-clip interlock and needle tip capture22 Sep 2026US 12,741,123 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Closed system catheter15 Sep 2026US 12,734,330 B2ICU Medical, Inc.
- Catheter system with remote instrument delivery15 Sep 2026US 12,734,337 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Catheter assembly housing and related devices and methods8 Sep 2026US 12,728,237 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Safe puncture needle1 Sep 2026US 12,721,951 B2Zhejiang Kindly Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
- Self-contained spring inserter for drug delivery infusion set8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308990 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Safety clip for a medical device and method of use1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295218 A1Teleflex Medical Incorporated
- Catheter Insertion Device Having Continuous Flashback1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295220 A1Teleflex Medical Incorporated
- Splittable Needle for Catheter Placement System17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273230 A1Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Retractable needle protector assembly10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263753 A1Poly Medicure Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Catheter with stick protection1,381US 5,419,766 ACritikon, Inc. · 1995
- Insertion set for a transcutaneous sensor1,347US 5,954,643 AMiniMid Inc. · 1999
- Closed-loop method for controlling insulin infusion1,305US 7,402,153 B2Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2008
- Subcutaneous injection set1,023US 5,584,813 AMiniMed Inc. · 1996
- Infusion set for an intermittent or continuous administration of a therapeutical substance786US 5,522,803 APharma Plast International A/S · 1996