A61M 25/0631
Having means for fully covering the needle after its withdrawal
Official title: {having means for fully covering the needle after its withdrawal, e.g. needle being withdrawn inside the handle or a cover being advanced over the needle}
A61M25/0631 (Having means for fully covering the needle after its withdrawal) appears on 809 US grants and 733 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 809
- Published applications
- 733
- Assignees
- 214
- Inventors
- 857
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
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| 1993 | 19 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 26 | 0 |
| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 32 | 0 |
| 1999 | 28 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 5 |
| 2002 | 12 | 16 |
| 2003 | 16 | 28 |
| 2004 | 16 | 35 |
| 2005 | 24 | 28 |
| 2006 | 19 | 18 |
| 2007 | 8 | 30 |
| 2008 | 10 | 20 |
| 2009 | 10 | 15 |
| 2010 | 22 | 17 |
| 2011 | 7 | 17 |
| 2012 | 22 | 30 |
| 2013 | 24 | 26 |
| 2014 | 24 | 32 |
| 2015 | 21 | 29 |
| 2016 | 29 | 42 |
| 2017 | 21 | 32 |
| 2018 | 18 | 36 |
| 2019 | 28 | 36 |
| 2020 | 37 | 48 |
| 2021 | 35 | 54 |
| 2022 | 33 | 40 |
| 2023 | 30 | 31 |
| 2024 | 40 | 35 |
| 2025 | 37 | 22 |
| 2026 | 19 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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 assembly housing and related devices and methods8 Sep 2026US 12,728,237 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Self-contained spring inserter for drug delivery infusion set1 Sep 2026US 12,723,474 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Rapidly insertable central catheters including catheter assemblies and methods thereof18 Aug 2026US 12,708,748 B2Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Self-contained spring inserter for drug delivery infusion set8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308990 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- 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
- Blood collection assembly3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256392 A1The Monarch Company, LLC
- Multi-use blood control safety catheter assembly20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241145 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical puncturing device766US 6,355,021 B1Maersk Medical A/S · 2002
- Cannula insertion set with safety retracting needle471US 4,747,831 APhase Medical, Inc. · 1988
- One step catheter advancement automatic needle retraction system395US 5,865,806 ABecton, Dickinson and Company · 1999
- Safety intravenous catheter assembly with automatically retractable needle360US 5,573,510 A1996
- Retractable needle cannula insertion set with refinements to better control leakage, retraction speed and reuse355US 5,575,777 ABecton, Dickinson and Company · 1996