A61M 37/0015
Devices for delivering substances into the body: other apparatus for introducing media
Official title: {by using microneedles}
A61M37/0015 (Devices for delivering substances into the body: other apparatus for introducing media) appears on 1,607 US grants and 2,953 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 1,607
- Published applications
- 2,953
- Assignees
- 867
- Inventors
- 3,668
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 77 | 121 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61M 2037/0023Drug applicators using microneedlesIndexing code1,093
- A61M 2037/0053Methods for producing microneedlesIndexing code563
- A61M 2037/0061Methods for using microneedlesIndexing code523
- A61M 2037/0046Solid microneedlesIndexing code485
- A61M 2037/003Having a lumenIndexing code377
- A61M 2037/0038Having a channel at the side surfaceIndexing code120
Recent patents
- Sample collection device, sample collection kit, sample collection system, diagnostic device, and associated methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,698 B2ASAP Breatheassist Pty Ltd
- Method for manufacturing fractional microneedle module having partitioned zones high frequency6 Oct 2026US 12,752,091 B2Agnes Medical Co., Ltd.
- Microneedle applicator6 Oct 2026US 12,752,092 B2Aptar France SAS
- Microneedle applicator29 Sep 2026US 12,746,378 B2Aptar France SAS
- Flexible light-integrated microneedle therapy device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,379 B2University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
- Differential coating of microprojections and microneedles on arrays8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306611 A1Vaxxas Pty Limited
- Stamp-type microneedle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306812 A1Labnpeople Co., Ltd.
- Microneedle manufacturing method, microneedle, and microneedle unit8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306813 A1Asti Corporation
- Precision administration of ultra-loaded injectable nanocarriers8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306814 A1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Microneedle patch, manufacturing mold therefor, and manufacturing method therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306815 A1Darwin Precisions Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device and method for enchancing transdermal sampling1,134US 6,219,574 B1Alza Corporation · 2001
- Intradermal drug delivery device and method for intradermal delivery of drugs978US 5,527,288 AElan Medical Technologies Limited · 1996
- Devices and methods for enhanced microneedle penetration of biological barriers972US 6,743,211 B1Georgia Tech Research Corporation · 2004
- Microneedle devices and methods of manufacture and use thereof907US 6,334,856 B12002
- Method and apparatus for a multi-use body fluid sampling device with analyte sensing793US 7,198,606 B2Pelikan Technologies, Inc. · 2007