A61M 5/178
Syringes
A61M5/178 (Syringes) appears on 17,543 US grants and 20,792 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 17,543
- Published applications
- 20,792
- Assignees
- 4,345
- Inventors
- 21,640
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 68 | 0 |
| 1977 | 61 | 0 |
| 1978 | 42 | 0 |
| 1979 | 28 | 0 |
| 1980 | 55 | 0 |
| 1981 | 46 | 0 |
| 1982 | 42 | 0 |
| 1983 | 51 | 0 |
| 1984 | 55 | 0 |
| 1985 | 50 | 0 |
| 1986 | 71 | 0 |
| 1987 | 87 | 0 |
| 1988 | 98 | 0 |
| 1989 | 162 | 0 |
| 1990 | 189 | 0 |
| 1991 | 212 | 0 |
| 1992 | 205 | 0 |
| 1993 | 228 | 0 |
| 1994 | 285 | 0 |
| 1995 | 205 | 0 |
| 1996 | 251 | 0 |
| 1997 | 213 | 0 |
| 1998 | 257 | 0 |
| 1999 | 273 | 0 |
| 2000 | 227 | 0 |
| 2001 | 233 | 106 |
| 2002 | 209 | 314 |
| 2003 | 313 | 396 |
| 2004 | 223 | 491 |
| 2005 | 183 | 432 |
| 2006 | 195 | 367 |
| 2007 | 150 | 545 |
| 2008 | 173 | 539 |
| 2009 | 192 | 572 |
| 2010 | 350 | 602 |
| 2011 | 347 | 627 |
| 2012 | 426 | 831 |
| 2013 | 523 | 926 |
| 2014 | 578 | 980 |
| 2015 | 623 | 974 |
| 2016 | 765 | 1172 |
| 2017 | 824 | 1058 |
| 2018 | 774 | 1168 |
| 2019 | 1045 | 1220 |
| 2020 | 1000 | 1231 |
| 2021 | 908 | 1213 |
| 2022 | 909 | 1093 |
| 2023 | 853 | 1139 |
| 2024 | 827 | 1170 |
| 2025 | 875 | 952 |
| 2026 | 584 | 674 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61M 5/31Details15,418
- A61M 5/20Automatic syringes4,442
- A61M 5/24Ampoule syringes, i.e. syringes with needle for use in combination with replaceable3,424
- A61M 5/28Syringe ampoules or carpules, i.e. ampoules or carpules provided with a needle1,345
- A61M 5/19Having more than one chamber944
- A61M 5/30Syringes for injection by jet action, without needle919
- A61M 5/1782Devices aiding filling of syringes in situ615
- A61M 2005/1787Syringes for sequential delivery of fluidsIndexing code228
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