A61M 5/3204
Needle cap removers, i.e. devices to dislodge protection cover from needle or
Official title: {Needle cap removers, i.e. devices to dislodge protection cover from needle or needle hub, e.g. deshielding devices}
A61M5/3204 (Needle cap removers, i.e. devices to dislodge protection cover from needle or) appears on 1,008 US grants and 1,357 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 1,008
- Published applications
- 1,357
- Assignees
- 220
- Inventors
- 1,287
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 68 | 92 |
| 2025 | 91 | 94 |
| 2026 | 59 | 56 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Drug delivery device having removable cap29 Sep 2026US 12,746,334 B2Amgen Inc.
- Support structure, medicament delivery device and method of assemblying29 Sep 2026US 12,746,336 B2Shl Medical AG
- Drug cartridge, drug injection device, and drug injection system15 Sep 2026US 12,734,298 B2Phc Holdings Corporation
- Drug delivery device25 Aug 2026US 12,714,799 B2Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
- Auto injector with cassette25 Aug 2026US 12,714,802 B2Phillips-Medisize A/S
- Autoinjector with a signaling device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295165 A1Ypsomed AG
- Auto-injectors for administration of a medicament within a prefilled syringe24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284313 A1kaleo, Inc.
- Shielded needle unit with rotating needle24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284324 A1
- Injection device with reduced amount of parts10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263700 A1Ypsomed AG
- Dose fractioning autoinjector3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257017 A1Congruence Medical Solutions, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic self-injection device555US 5,478,316 ABecton, Dickinson and Company · 1995
- Autoinjector394US 6,371,939 B1Pharmacia Corporation · 2002
- Triggered application device for medicament to be more descriptive of the invention373US 5,137,516 AGlaxo Group Limited · 1992
- Autoinjector321US 6,270,479 B1Pharmacia Corporation · 2001
- Injection devices313US 5,599,309 AOwen Mumford Limited · 1997