A61M 5/14
Infusion devices
Official title: Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor
A61M5/14 (Infusion devices) appears on 18,509 US grants and 23,049 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 18,509
- Published applications
- 23,049
- Assignees
- 4,340
- Inventors
- 24,124
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 52 | 0 |
| 1977 | 60 | 0 |
| 1978 | 43 | 0 |
| 1979 | 48 | 0 |
| 1980 | 70 | 0 |
| 1981 | 82 | 0 |
| 1982 | 73 | 0 |
| 1983 | 72 | 0 |
| 1984 | 89 | 0 |
| 1985 | 119 | 0 |
| 1986 | 113 | 0 |
| 1987 | 134 | 0 |
| 1988 | 111 | 0 |
| 1989 | 138 | 0 |
| 1990 | 127 | 0 |
| 1991 | 119 | 0 |
| 1992 | 144 | 0 |
| 1993 | 162 | 0 |
| 1994 | 162 | 0 |
| 1995 | 141 | 0 |
| 1996 | 174 | 0 |
| 1997 | 137 | 0 |
| 1998 | 239 | 0 |
| 1999 | 220 | 0 |
| 2000 | 186 | 0 |
| 2001 | 166 | 66 |
| 2002 | 193 | 285 |
| 2003 | 236 | 373 |
| 2004 | 194 | 494 |
| 2005 | 174 | 518 |
| 2006 | 219 | 583 |
| 2007 | 186 | 660 |
| 2008 | 193 | 738 |
| 2009 | 254 | 852 |
| 2010 | 456 | 916 |
| 2011 | 517 | 884 |
| 2012 | 676 | 936 |
| 2013 | 808 | 967 |
| 2014 | 805 | 1149 |
| 2015 | 727 | 1009 |
| 2016 | 818 | 1040 |
| 2017 | 836 | 1125 |
| 2018 | 828 | 1046 |
| 2019 | 1031 | 1268 |
| 2020 | 974 | 1270 |
| 2021 | 877 | 1282 |
| 2022 | 950 | 1299 |
| 2023 | 938 | 1269 |
| 2024 | 962 | 1243 |
| 2025 | 897 | 1025 |
| 2026 | 579 | 752 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61M 5/142Pressure infusion11,269
- A61M 5/168Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media8,787
- A61M 5/158Needles for infusions2,826
- A61M 5/1407Infusion of two or more substances1,163
- A61M 5/1414Hanging-up devices1,057
- A61M 5/1413Modular systems comprising interconnecting elements1,046
- A61M 2005/1401Functional featuresIndexing code1,014
- A61M 5/162Needle sets, i.e. connections by puncture between reservoir and tube1,010
Recent patents
- System, method, and computer readable medium for a basal rate profile adaptation algorithm for closed-loop artificial pancreas systems6 Oct 2026US 12,751,648 B2University of Virginia Patent Foundation
- Apparatus, system and method for fluid delivery6 Oct 2026US 12,751,899 B2DEKA Products Limited Partnership
- Infusion pump6 Oct 2026US 12,752,050 B2Insulet Corporation
- Cranial drug delivery system6 Oct 2026US 12,752,051 B1CraniUS LLC
- Cannula and infusion devices6 Oct 2026US 12,752,052 B2Unomedical A/S
- Multi-scale display of blood glucose information8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305988 A1Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.
- Drug infusion device for tumor interventional therapy8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306735 A1Guangzhou Institute of Cancer Research, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University
- A medicament tube arrangement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306736 A1Shl Medical AG
- Medicament delivery system and method therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306737 A1Shl Medical AG
- Method and apparatuses for deploying a deployable element of a wearable medical device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306738 A1Insulet Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- External infusion device with remote programming, bolus estimator and/or vibration alarm capabilities2,813US 7,025,743 B2Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2006
- Analyte monitoring device and methods of use2,634US 6,175,752 B1TheraSense, Inc. · 2001
- Handheld personal data assistant (PDA) with a medical device and method of using the same2,420US 6,641,533 B2Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2003
- Closed loop system for controlling insulin infusion2,417US 6,558,351 B1Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2003
- Handheld personal data assistant (PDA) with a medical device and method of using the same2,273US 6,558,320 B1Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2003