A61M 5/00
Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or
Official title: Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests (tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units, specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61J1/00)
A61M5/00 (Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or) appears on 35,618 US grants and 42,486 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 35,618
- Published applications
- 42,486
- Assignees
- 8,025
- Inventors
- 43,356
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 127 | 0 |
| 1977 | 130 | 0 |
| 1978 | 99 | 0 |
| 1979 | 85 | 0 |
| 1980 | 139 | 0 |
| 1981 | 148 | 0 |
| 1982 | 128 | 0 |
| 1983 | 134 | 0 |
| 1984 | 164 | 0 |
| 1985 | 183 | 0 |
| 1986 | 204 | 0 |
| 1987 | 246 | 0 |
| 1988 | 237 | 0 |
| 1989 | 338 | 0 |
| 1990 | 339 | 0 |
| 1991 | 367 | 0 |
| 1992 | 379 | 0 |
| 1993 | 422 | 0 |
| 1994 | 469 | 0 |
| 1995 | 361 | 0 |
| 1996 | 436 | 0 |
| 1997 | 360 | 0 |
| 1998 | 508 | 0 |
| 1999 | 491 | 0 |
| 2000 | 424 | 0 |
| 2001 | 414 | 176 |
| 2002 | 419 | 608 |
| 2003 | 566 | 782 |
| 2004 | 426 | 944 |
| 2005 | 349 | 946 |
| 2006 | 399 | 960 |
| 2007 | 348 | 1189 |
| 2008 | 366 | 1258 |
| 2009 | 439 | 1385 |
| 2010 | 791 | 1507 |
| 2011 | 839 | 1482 |
| 2012 | 1089 | 1712 |
| 2013 | 1301 | 1929 |
| 2014 | 1395 | 2118 |
| 2015 | 1337 | 1950 |
| 2016 | 1537 | 2185 |
| 2017 | 1628 | 2114 |
| 2018 | 1563 | 2140 |
| 2019 | 2031 | 2334 |
| 2020 | 1849 | 2340 |
| 2021 | 1689 | 2388 |
| 2022 | 1759 | 2253 |
| 2023 | 1696 | 2228 |
| 2024 | 1685 | 2308 |
| 2025 | 1671 | 1895 |
| 2026 | 1114 | 1355 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61M 5/14Infusion devices18,509
- A61M 5/178Syringes17,543
- A61M 5/50Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or2,164
- A61M 5/007Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or1,527
- A61M 5/002Packages specially adapted therefor1,511
- A61M 5/36Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or1,224
- A61M 5/46Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or1,006
- A61M 5/42Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or942
All 15 subgroupsShow fewer
- A61M 5/44Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or900
- A61M 5/48Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or416
- A61M 5/008Racks for supporting syringes or needles373
- A61M 5/009Electronic or electro-mechanical add-on modules360
- A61M 5/001Apparatus specially adapted for cleaning or sterilising syringes or needles284
- A61M 2005/006Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular orIndexing code70
- A61M 5/52Arm-rests44
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