B29C 66/857
Medical tube welding machines
Official title: {Medical tube welding machines}
B29C66/857 (Medical tube welding machines) appears on 164 US grants and 116 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 164
- Published applications
- 116
- Assignees
- 68
- Inventors
- 281
- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 5 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 7 |
| 2004 | 4 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 7 |
| 2006 | 2 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | 7 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2014 | 3 | 5 |
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| 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 5 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 9 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Welding apparatus9 Jun 2026US 12,649,286 B2Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
- Bioprocessing system9 Jun 2026US 12,649,897 B2Cellular Origins Limited
- Handheld tubing welder2 Dec 2025US 12,485,625 B2Life Technologies Corporation
- Tool adapted to connect tubing of an implantable penile prosthesis18 Nov 2025US 12,471,942 B2Coloplast A/S
- Apparatus for welding29 Jul 2025US 12,370,616 B2Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
- Sealing systems for use with product bags used in cryogenic freezing and methods of use18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167372 A1Kite Pharma, Inc.
- Serial Blade Loading For Sterile Connection Device21 May 2026US 2026/0137922 A1
- Device And Method For Sterile Connection Of Medical Tubes5 Jun 2025US 2025/0177718 A1
- Method of Joining Sterile Connectors29 May 2025US 2025/0170385 A1Unicorn Biotechnologies Ltd.
- Method for connecting two silicone tube sections as well as pharmaceutical media transfer method with such a connection method and apparatus for performing the method17 Apr 2025US 2025/0121538 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sterile connection process, apparatus and system156US 4,610,670 AE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company · 1986
- Method and device for manipulating and transferring products between confined volumes117US 5,176,673 A1993
- Method of forming a connection between two sealed conduits using radiant energy98US 4,157,723 ABaxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. · 1979
- Sterile docking process, apparatus and system85US 4,369,779 AE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company · 1983
- Connector member for sealed conduits80US 4,265,280 ABaxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. · 1981