A61M 5/3213
Caps placed axially onto the needle
Official title: {Caps placed axially onto the needle, e.g. equipped with finger protection guards (axially-extensible protective sleeves A61M5/3243)}
A61M5/3213 (Caps placed axially onto the needle) appears on 670 US grants and 605 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
- 218
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 13 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Safety syringe1 Sep 2026US 12,721,952 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Safety injection needle assembly28 Jul 2026US 12,691,231 B2
- Cap assembly for a medicament delivery device30 Jun 2026US 12,667,673 B2Shl Medical AG
- Safety device for shielding an injection needle of a medical container, and an injection device including this safety device16 Jun 2026US 12,653,964 B2Becton Dickinson France
- Safety device for shielding an injection needle of a medical container, and an injection device including this safety device26 May 2026US 12,636,442 B2Becton Dickinson France
- Injection apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306744 A1Owen Mumford Limited
- Thin Wall Cannula8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306753 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Drug delivery device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295164 A1Amgen Inc.
- Device for administering a fluid substance10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263695 A1Ypsomed AG
- Multi-use blood control safety catheter assembly20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241145 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Visual prosthesis and method of using same564US 5,935,155 AJohn Hopkins University School of Medicine · 1999
- Syringe device for mixing two compounds383US 5,827,262 ADebiotech S.A. · 1998
- Safety catheter295US 5,697,907 AGraphic Controls Corporation · 1997
- Syringe needle combination289US 5,015,235 ANational Carpet Equipment, Inc. · 1991
- Positive locking needle-mounted needle guard for needle supported catheters285US 5,458,658 ASero-Guard Corporation · 1995