A61M 5/3216
Caps placed transversally onto the needle
Official title: {Caps placed transversally onto the needle, e.g. pivotally attached to the needle base}
A61M5/3216 (Caps placed transversally onto the needle) appears on 445 US grants and 405 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 445
- Published applications
- 405
- Assignees
- 152
- Inventors
- 662
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 7 | 17 |
| 2003 | 12 | 28 |
| 2004 | 11 | 17 |
| 2005 | 7 | 18 |
| 2006 | 9 | 18 |
| 2007 | 10 | 25 |
| 2008 | 5 | 17 |
| 2009 | 7 | 13 |
| 2010 | 13 | 8 |
| 2011 | 11 | 12 |
| 2012 | 14 | 16 |
| 2013 | 13 | 12 |
| 2014 | 18 | 14 |
| 2015 | 7 | 18 |
| 2016 | 10 | 16 |
| 2017 | 16 | 18 |
| 2018 | 12 | 22 |
| 2019 | 12 | 12 |
| 2020 | 18 | 19 |
| 2021 | 11 | 18 |
| 2022 | 12 | 17 |
| 2023 | 11 | 12 |
| 2024 | 18 | 17 |
| 2025 | 13 | 9 |
| 2026 | 7 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Auto injector with cassette25 Aug 2026US 12,714,802 B2Phillips-Medisize A/S
- Single dose medicament delivery device23 Jun 2026US 12,661,451 B2Shl Medical AG
- Safety cover for coupling with an injection device16 Jun 2026US 12,653,960 B2
- Systems and methods for pre-filled medical delivery assemblies2 Jun 2026US 12,642,912 B2ApiJect
- Safety device for preventing needle stick injury with a needle of a medical injection device12 May 2026US 12,623,029 B2Becton Dickinson France
- Disposable injection needle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306754 A1Tianjin Huahong Technology Co., Ltd.
- A cap assembly of a medicament delivery device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249019 A1
- Medical filtration assembly for medical devices13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232911 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Needles Including Coatings and Methods of Forming13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232964 A1Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- Improvements in and relating to medical needle cover arrangements30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216448 A1Tip-Top.Com Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical puncturing device766US 6,355,021 B1Maersk Medical A/S · 2002
- Venipuncture and cutaneous sealing device and method208US 4,755,170 A1988
- Protective device for an injection needle208US 7,125,397 B2B. Braun Melsungen AG · 2006
- Safety needle container204US 4,982,842 AConcord/Portex · 1991
- Protective device for an injection needle193US 7,608,057 B2B. Braun Meisungen AG · 2009