A61M 5/42
Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or
Official title: having means for desensitising skin, for protruding skin to facilitate piercing, or for locating point where body is to be pierced
A61M5/42 (Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or) appears on 942 US grants and 1,407 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 942
- Published applications
- 1,407
- Assignees
- 533
- Inventors
- 2,164
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 52 | 91 |
| 2025 | 60 | 79 |
| 2026 | 34 | 47 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tactile sensing and guidance system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,034 B2IntuiTap Medical, Inc.
- Intranodal needle and method of using the same29 Sep 2026US 12,746,346 B2
- Injectable administration compliance platform29 Sep 2026US 12,746,347 B2Datadose, LLC
- Device for detecting and illuminating the vasculature using an FPGA22 Sep 2026US 12,740,747 B2AccuVein, Inc.
- Electro-mechanical injection site preparation system and method22 Sep 2026US 12,741,102 B1
- Drug delivery arrangement comprising a skin pinching mechanism3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257015 A1Sanofi
- Device for Detecting a Blood Vessel27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248451 A1Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Cannula insertion system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232236 A1Vitestro Holding B.V.
- Multi-station robotic ocular drug delivery device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224397 A1Alcon Inc.
- Medical device, extracorporeal unit, and power transmission sheet30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216451 A1Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Devices and methods for enhanced microneedle penetration of biological barriers972US 6,743,211 B1Georgia Tech Research Corporation · 2004
- Sterilizing dressing device and method for skin puncture561US 4,988,341 AEastman Kodak Company · 1991
- Method and apparatus for enhancing penetration of a member for the intradermal sampling or administration of a substance448US 6,537,242 B1Becton, Dickinson and Company · 2003
- Microneedle drug delivery device442US 6,611,707 B1Georgia Tech Research Corporation · 2003
- Apparatus and method for raising a skin wheal and anesthetizing skin361US 5,190,521 ATecnol Medical Products, Inc. · 1993