A61M 31/005
Devices for introducing or retaining media: for contrast media
Official title: {for contrast media}
A61M31/005 (Devices for introducing or retaining media: for contrast media) appears on 262 US grants and 352 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 262
- Published applications
- 352
- Assignees
- 170
- Inventors
- 638
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 8 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 14 |
| 2006 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 7 |
| 2008 | 3 | 10 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9 |
| 2011 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012 | 5 | 8 |
| 2013 | 12 | 27 |
| 2014 | 7 | 22 |
| 2015 | 13 | 34 |
| 2016 | 20 | 22 |
| 2017 | 17 | 31 |
| 2018 | 17 | 20 |
| 2019 | 24 | 21 |
| 2020 | 14 | 20 |
| 2021 | 11 | 17 |
| 2022 | 13 | 16 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11 |
| 2026 | 3 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems, methods, and devices for cardiac procedures with a multi-pressure measurement catheter23 Jun 2026US 12,661,020 B2Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Uterine manipulator5 May 2026US 12,616,504 B2Conmed Corporation
- Medical device for female reproductive health and method of use3 Feb 2026US 12,539,024 B2
- Devices and methods for bile duct surgery28 Oct 2025US 12,453,844 B2JMT Medical, Inc.
- Medical elongated body and medical instrument set16 Sep 2025US 12,414,796 B2Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sonohysterogram catheter device9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192098 A1
- Methods of retrieving contrast media23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108671 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Contrast injection and visualization systems and methods for thrombus removal device5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060698 A1Shifamed Holdings, LLC
- Devices And Methods for Bile Duct Surgery29 Jan 2026US 2026/0027336 A1JMT Medical, Inc.
- Neurovascular catheter8 Jan 2026US 2026/0007855 A1Incept, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Implantable device and methods for delivering drugs and other substances to treat sinusitis and other disorders1,387US 7,361,168 B2Acclarent, Inc. · 2008
- Delivery of agents such as cells to tissue914US 8,182,444 B2Medrad, Inc. · 2012
- Multiple surgical cuff506US 4,423,725 A1984
- Angiographic system with automatic high/low pressure switching408US 5,800,397 AInvasatec, Inc. · 1998
- Methods and apparatus for intraluminal deposition of hydrogels374US 6,379,373 B1Confluent Surgical, Inc. · 2002