A61M 5/001
Apparatus specially adapted for cleaning or sterilising syringes or needles
Official title: {Apparatus specially adapted for cleaning or sterilising syringes or needles}
A61M5/001 (Apparatus specially adapted for cleaning or sterilising syringes or needles) appears on 284 US grants and 369 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 284
- Published applications
- 369
- Assignees
- 142
- Inventors
- 632
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2009 | 2 | 13 |
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| 2019 | 13 | 44 |
| 2020 | 18 | 31 |
| 2021 | 22 | 26 |
| 2022 | 13 | 27 |
| 2023 | 19 | 26 |
| 2024 | 20 | 22 |
| 2025 | 18 | 14 |
| 2026 | 11 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Syringe assembly including pressurized sterile air6 Oct 2026US 12,752,057 B2
- Drug cartridge, drug delivery devices, and methods for preparing thereof25 Aug 2026US 12,714,778 B2Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Syringe holder and package28 Jul 2026US 12,691,214 B2Taisei Kako Co., Ltd.
- Connection system and active sterilizer for a drug delivery device21 Jul 2026US 12,685,792 B2West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
- Clinical notifications5 May 2026US 12,616,788 B2Cerner Innovation, Inc.
- Needleless connector and access port disinfection cleaner and antimicrobial protection cap16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199656 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Flush syringe with multiple scrubbing devices2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183529 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Needleless connector disinfection devices and methods23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108645 A1CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Disinfection device for female connectors26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083953 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Integrated Disinfection Device5 Feb 2026US 2026/0034308 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for subcutaneous medication delivery757US 6,017,328 AMagnolia Medical Corp. · 2000
- Device for subcutaneous medication delivery438US 5,545,143 AT. S. I. Medical · 1996
- Angiographic system with automatic high/low pressure switching408US 5,800,397 AInvasatec, Inc. · 1998
- Apparatus and method for raising a skin wheal and anesthetizing skin361US 5,190,521 ATecnol Medical Products, Inc. · 1993
- Angiographic injector system with automatic high/low pressure switching324US 6,221,045 B1ACIST Medical Systems, Inc. · 2001