A61M 39/221
Frangible or pierceable closures within tubing
Official title: {Frangible or pierceable closures within tubing (A61M39/14 takes precedence; frangible closures for containers A61J1/14)}
A61M39/221 (Frangible or pierceable closures within tubing) appears on 166 US grants and 145 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 166
- Published applications
- 145
- Assignees
- 65
- Inventors
- 263
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 |
| 2025 | 4 | 10 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Syringe adapter23 Jun 2026US 12,661,304 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Medical connector with elongated portion within seal collar21 Oct 2025US 12,447,325 B2ICU Medical, Inc.
- Blood control for a catheter insertion device2 Sep 2025US 12,403,294 B2C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Perforating connector for medical fluid containers3 Jun 2025US 12,318,567 B2Baxter Healthcare S. A.
- Medical connector with elongated portion within seal collar29 Apr 2025US 12,285,584 B2ICU Medical, Inc.
- Blood Control for a Catheter Insertion Device18 Dec 2025US 2025/0381384 A1C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Perforating connector for medical fluid containers18 Sep 2025US 2025/0288788 A1Baxter Healthcare S. A.
- Injection stretch blow molded peritoneal dialysis solution container system7 Aug 2025US 2025/0249158 A1Baxter Healthcare S. A.
- Medical connector with elongated portion within seal collar24 Jul 2025US 2025/0235685 A1ICU Medical, Inc.
- Closing element for a fluid line5 Jun 2025US 2025/0177719 A1Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shield for connectors239US 4,457,749 ABaxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. · 1984
- Solution container for continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis235US 4,346,703 ABaxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. · 1982
- Catheter insertion device215US 7,736,339 B2B. Braun Melsungen AG · 2010
- Detaching tool for a tube for medical treatment212US 5,817,116 APiolax, Inc. · 1998
- Microvalve209US 6,102,897 A2000