A61M 37/0092
Devices for delivering substances into the body: other apparatus for introducing media
Official title: {using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic vibrations, e.g. phonophoresis}
A61M37/0092 (Devices for delivering substances into the body: other apparatus for introducing media) appears on 700 US grants and 1,078 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Transdermal patch of a portable ultrasound-generating system for improved delivery of therapeutic agents and associated methods of treatment8 Sep 2026US 12,728,102 B2NanoVibronix Inc
- Systems and methods for microneedle therapeutic delivery with acoustic signals1 Sep 2026US 12,721,986 B2The Trustees of Indiana University
- Acoustic tweezer1 Sep 2026US 12,721,987 B2Korea Institute of Science and Technology
- Compositions and methods for targeted delivery of therapeutics using carriers25 Aug 2026US 12,714,676 B2Vesselon, Inc.
- Gene gun25 Aug 2026US 12,714,795 B2Daicel Corporation
- Focused ultrasound processing system for opening and monitoring blood-brain barrier and ultrasound control method of focused ultrasound processing system for opening and monitoring blood-brain barrier8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306816 A1Neumous Inc.
- Systems and methods for targeted breast cancer therapies1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294809 A1American University of Sharjah
- Sonosensitization1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295046 A1SonalaSense, Inc.
- Enforced Tissue Residency of Payload Molecules By Acoustic Disruption10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263770 A1Insightec, Ltd.
- Systems and methods for treating skin10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263771 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endermic application kits for external medicines1,274US 4,953,565 AMeiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. · 1990
- Disposable piezoelectric polymer bandage for percutaneous delivery of drugs and method for such percutaneous delivery (a)1,242US 4,787,888 AUniversity of Connecticut · 1988
- Microporation of human skin for monitoring the concentration of an analyte944US 5,885,211 AAltea Technologies, Inc. · 1999
- Drug delivery apparatus and method780US 5,286,254 ACorTrak Medical, Inc. · 1994
- Transdermal delivery of encapsulated drugs775US 5,814,599 AMassachusetts Insitiute of Technology · 1998