A61M 5/31548
Mechanically operated dose setting member
Official title: {Mechanically operated dose setting member}
A61M5/31548 (Mechanically operated dose setting member) appears on 1,791 US grants and 2,139 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 1,791
- Published applications
- 2,139
- Assignees
- 379
- Inventors
- 1,946
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 20 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 27 | 14 |
| 2002 | 14 | 23 |
| 2003 | 31 | 23 |
| 2004 | 12 | 48 |
| 2005 | 10 | 34 |
| 2006 | 17 | 24 |
| 2007 | 14 | 44 |
| 2008 | 17 | 55 |
| 2009 | 10 | 50 |
| 2010 | 31 | 57 |
| 2011 | 33 | 51 |
| 2012 | 31 | 125 |
| 2013 | 51 | 124 |
| 2014 | 60 | 75 |
| 2015 | 92 | 121 |
| 2016 | 117 | 219 |
| 2017 | 113 | 126 |
| 2018 | 106 | 119 |
| 2019 | 173 | 143 |
| 2020 | 127 | 136 |
| 2021 | 90 | 121 |
| 2022 | 117 | 99 |
| 2023 | 90 | 117 |
| 2024 | 79 | 104 |
| 2025 | 87 | 57 |
| 2026 | 43 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61M 5/3155By rotational movement of dose setting member1,453
- A61M 5/3156Using volume steps only adjustable in discrete intervals, i.e. individually distinct intervals377
- A61M 5/31556Accuracy improving means329
- A61M 5/31563Interacting with a displaceable stop member287
- A61M 5/31561Using freely adjustable volume steps239
- A61M 5/31555By purely axial movement of dose setting member228
Recent patents
- Medicament delivery device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,058 B2Shl Medical AG
- Smart insulin pen sensing29 Sep 2026US 12,746,339 B2G. E. Ehrlich (1995) Ltd.
- Excess dose alert system for a dosing pen15 Sep 2026US 12,734,302 B2DelPharma LLC
- Switch assembly for an electronic system of a drug delivery device15 Sep 2026US 12,734,303 B2Sanofi
- Dose detection with piezoelectric sensing for a medication delivery device25 Aug 2026US 12,714,798 B2Eli Lilly and Company
- Precise dosing syringe assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295170 A1Pacto Medical Inc.
- Mechanism for an automatic medicament delivery device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284309 A1Medmix Switzerland AG
- A drug injection device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284321 A1
- Multi-dose auto-injector for manually dispensing multiple discrete doses of a drug24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284322 A1
- Needle-free injector dose setting apparatus and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273198 A1PharmaJet, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medication delivery device with a microprocessor and characteristic monitor1,907US 5,925,021 AVisionary Medical Products, Inc. · 1999
- Networked system for interactive communications and remote monitoring of drug delivery1,346US 6,270,455 B1Health Hero Network, Inc. · 2001
- Coupling for injection devices1,183US 8,574,199 B2Novo Nordisk A/S · 2013
- Medication delivery device with a microprocessor and characteristic monitor841US 5,593,390 AVisionary Medical Products, Inc. · 1997
- Medical apparatus for use by a patient for medical self treatment of diabetes793US 6,302,855 B1Novo Nordisk A/S · 2001