A61M 5/3286
Needle tip design
Official title: {Needle tip design, e.g. for improved penetration}
A61M5/3286 (Needle tip design) appears on 408 US grants and 611 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Piercing member for container access device1 Sep 2026US 12,722,833 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Needle system for injection and aspiration25 Aug 2026US 12,714,407 B2Xaga Surgical AB
- Field-chargeable transcutaneous drug delivery system21 Jul 2026US 12,685,813 B2Zyno Medical, LLC
- Implant applicators23 Jun 2026US 12,661,458 B2Alcon Inc.
- Non-coring needle with reversed sharp edge12 May 2026US 12,622,723 B2Bentley InnoMed GmbH
- Thin Wall Cannula8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306753 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Needle light pipe1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295175 A1Groton Consulting LLC
- Puncture needle and needle assembly6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224243 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Makeup composition for needle cosmetic instrument, cosmetic kit, and cosmetic method30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216029 A1Shiseido Company, Ltd.
- Safer Medical Needle23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207858 A1
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By later US patents
- Tissue penetrating device and methods for using same1,125US 7,226,450 B2Board of Regents, The University of Texas Systems · 2007
- Integrated cement delivery system for bone augmentation procedures and methods688US 8,409,211 B2Societe De Commercialisation Des Produits De La Recherche Appliquee Socpra Sciences Et Genie S.E.C. · 2013
- Active cannulas512US 5,295,994 A1994
- Apparatus for delivering a substance having one or more needles driven at high velocity292US 6,890,319 B1Imprint Pharmaceuticals Ltd. · 2005
- Port cannula arrangement for connection to a port289US 5,456,675 AFresenius AG · 1995