A61M 5/3146
Priming
Official title: {Priming, e.g. purging, reducing backlash or clearance}
A61M5/3146 (Priming) appears on 452 US grants and 594 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 452
- Published applications
- 594
- Assignees
- 141
- Inventors
- 781
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 15 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Devices and methods for precision dose delivery28 Jul 2026US 12,691,227 B2Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Single dose medicament delivery device23 Jun 2026US 12,661,451 B2Shl Medical AG
- Dose delivery device fixture for testing system and methods therefor16 Jun 2026US 12,653,952 B2Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- System and method for microdose injection2 Jun 2026US 12,642,914 B2Credence Medsystems, Inc.
- Multiple use computerized injector8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306748 A1E3D A.C.A.L Ltd
- Systems and methods for use in delivery of fluid to a patient using tubing to hold contrast media prior to saline flush24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284297 A1
- Vacuum syringe plunger clip30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216438 A1CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Multi-dose syringe30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216444 A1
- Medicament Delivery Device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216446 A1Shl Medical AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medication delivery device with a microprocessor and characteristic monitor1,907US 5,925,021 AVisionary Medical Products, Inc. · 1999
- Medication delivery device with a microprocessor and characteristic monitor841US 5,593,390 AVisionary Medical Products, Inc. · 1997
- Pen-type injector with a microprocessor and blood characteristic monitor542US 5,728,074 AVisionary Medical Products, Inc. · 1998
- Medication delivery pen528US 6,277,099 B1Becton, Dickinson and Company · 2001
- Automated delivery device and method for its operation504US 6,171,276 B2Pharmacia & Upjohn Company · 2001