A61M 5/46
Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or
Official title: having means for controlling depth of insertion
A61M5/46 (Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or) appears on 1,006 US grants and 1,352 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 1,006
- Published applications
- 1,352
- Assignees
- 487
- Inventors
- 1,923
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 16 | 9 |
| 2002 | 13 | 24 |
| 2003 | 13 | 23 |
| 2004 | 9 | 19 |
| 2005 | 6 | 30 |
| 2006 | 16 | 33 |
| 2007 | 8 | 33 |
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| 2011 | 26 | 51 |
| 2012 | 30 | 56 |
| 2013 | 31 | 71 |
| 2014 | 42 | 68 |
| 2015 | 51 | 63 |
| 2016 | 62 | 83 |
| 2017 | 61 | 78 |
| 2018 | 52 | 83 |
| 2019 | 89 | 73 |
| 2020 | 63 | 84 |
| 2021 | 56 | 73 |
| 2022 | 46 | 58 |
| 2023 | 56 | 65 |
| 2024 | 52 | 74 |
| 2025 | 54 | 66 |
| 2026 | 23 | 36 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Applicator1,350US 5,951,516 AN. J. Phillips Pty. Limited · 1999
- Tissue penetration device1,208US 7,025,774 B2Pelikan Technologies, Inc. · 2006
- Tissue penetrating device and methods for using same1,125US 7,226,450 B2Board of Regents, The University of Texas Systems · 2007
- Systems and methods for delivering drugs to selected locations within the body930US 6,685,648 B2TransVascular, Inc. · 2004
- Systems and methods for delivering drugs to selected locations within the body869US 6,283,951 B1TransVascular, Inc. · 2001