A61M 5/168
Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media
Official title: Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media to the body, e.g. drip meters, counters
A61M5/168 (Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media) appears on 8,787 US grants and 11,643 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 8,787
- Published applications
- 11,643
- Assignees
- 2,182
- Inventors
- 11,898
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 531 | 658 |
| 2025 | 482 | 547 |
| 2026 | 309 | 432 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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
- Medication delivery system with graphical user interface6 Oct 2026US 12,752,053 B2Insulet Corporation
- Dosage management and patient education using an intelligent injection device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,054 B2Datadose, LLC
- 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
- Medicament delivery system and method therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306737 A1Shl Medical AG
- Drug delivery device with an improved mechanism for controlling the delivery rate8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306740 A1Ypsomed AG
- Methods and systems for insulin delivery and glucose measurement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306741 A1Pacific Diabetes Technologies, Inc.
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