A61M 3/0229
Devices operating in a closed circuit, i.e. recycling the irrigating fluid
Official title: {Devices operating in a closed circuit, i.e. recycling the irrigating fluid}
A61M3/0229 (Devices operating in a closed circuit, i.e. recycling the irrigating fluid) appears on 94 US grants and 118 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 94
- Published applications
- 118
- Assignees
- 44
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Devices, systems, and methods to supply fluids to an endoscope24 Apr 2025US 2025/0127979 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Systems and methods for irrigating an anatomic space27 Feb 2025US 2025/0064477 A1The General Hospital Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wound treatment apparatus841US 6,458,109 B1Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · 2002
- Apparatus for aspirating, irrigating and cleansing wounds620US 8,535,296 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2013
- In-situ wound cleansing apparatus604US 8,834,451 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2014
- Wound cleansing apparatus with actives571US 8,257,327 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2012
- Apparatus for aspirating, irrigating and cleansing wounds529US 8,398,614 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2013