A61M 5/16831
Monitoring, detecting, signalling or eliminating infusion flow anomalies
Official title: {Monitoring, detecting, signalling or eliminating infusion flow anomalies (low-level float-valves causing cut-off A61M5/40; indicating or recording presence, absence or direction of flow in general G01P13/0066)}
A61M5/16831 (Monitoring, detecting, signalling or eliminating infusion flow anomalies) appears on 2,275 US grants and 2,822 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2026 | 57 | 83 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Differential pressure fluid delivery system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,332 B2Bio Health Frontiers, Inc.
- Machine and accessories for performing double volume exchange transfusion in neonates22 Sep 2026US 12,741,083 B2Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Skin patch drug infusion device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,084 B2Medtrum Technologies Inc.
- Skin patch drug infusion device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,085 B2Medtrum Technologies Inc.
- Adaptation of a medicament delivery device to changing environmental conditions22 Sep 2026US 12,741,093 B2Insulet Corporation
- Catheter occlusion detection sensor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295156 A1CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Devices, methods and systems for wireless control of medical devices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284300 A1
- Medical fluid flow devices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284306 A1CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Pump cassette with pulsation abatement24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284307 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- System and method for infusion set dislodgement detection24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284326 A1Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Handheld personal data assistant (PDA) with a medical device and method of using the same2,420US 6,641,533 B2Medtronic 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
- Method and apparatus for detecting tube occlusion in argon electrosurgery system1,551US 5,908,402 AValleylab, Inc. · 1999
- Ambulatory medical apparatus with hand held communication device1,537US 6,810,290 B2Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2004
- Compact pump drive system1,514US 6,248,093 B1MiniMed Inc. · 2001