A61M 5/31566
Means improving security or handling thereof
Official title: {Means improving security or handling thereof}
A61M5/31566 (Means improving security or handling thereof) appears on 1,624 US grants and 2,289 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 1,624
- Published applications
- 2,289
- Assignees
- 371
- Inventors
- 2,236
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 2 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 |
| 2003 | 14 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12 |
| 2005 | 0 | 17 |
| 2006 | 7 | 9 |
| 2007 | 6 | 20 |
| 2008 | 5 | 27 |
| 2009 | 5 | 28 |
| 2010 | 14 | 28 |
| 2011 | 17 | 31 |
| 2012 | 14 | 62 |
| 2013 | 30 | 81 |
| 2014 | 37 | 78 |
| 2015 | 64 | 80 |
| 2016 | 71 | 176 |
| 2017 | 94 | 122 |
| 2018 | 91 | 155 |
| 2019 | 155 | 158 |
| 2020 | 138 | 188 |
| 2021 | 142 | 195 |
| 2022 | 145 | 168 |
| 2023 | 125 | 181 |
| 2024 | 118 | 168 |
| 2025 | 158 | 189 |
| 2026 | 96 | 101 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Medicament delivery device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,058 B2Shl Medical AG
- Injection device and a reusable part therefor6 Oct 2026US 12,752,059 B2Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
- Wearable electronic device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,060 B2Sanofi
- Management platform for intelligent injection devices29 Sep 2026US 12,746,338 B2Datadose, LLC
- Smart insulin pen sensing29 Sep 2026US 12,746,339 B2G. E. Ehrlich (1995) Ltd.
- Medicament delivery system with dose divider8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306747 A1Sanofi Pasteur Limited
- Liquid delivery cap with alignment verification8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306749 A1Patients Pending Ltd.
- Autoinjector with a signaling device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295165 A1Ypsomed AG
- Precise dosing syringe assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295170 A1Pacto Medical Inc.
- Drug delivery device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295171 A1Sanofi
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
- Medication delivery device with a microprocessor and characteristic monitor841US 5,593,390 AVisionary Medical Products, Inc. · 1997
- Injection syringe682US 6,004,297 ANovo Nordisk A/S · 1999
- Meter for electrically measuring and recording injection syringe doses604US 5,628,309 ARaya Systems, Inc. · 1997