F04B 43/0072
Of tubular flexible members
Official title: {of tubular flexible members}
F04B43/0072 (Of tubular flexible members) appears on 241 US grants and 240 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F04B- Granted patents
- 241
- Published applications
- 240
- Assignees
- 177
- Inventors
- 490
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 7 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10 |
| 2014 | 3 | 11 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12 |
| 2016 | 6 | 21 |
| 2017 | 9 | 25 |
| 2018 | 14 | 13 |
| 2019 | 16 | 12 |
| 2020 | 18 | 21 |
| 2021 | 13 | 9 |
| 2022 | 13 | 19 |
| 2023 | 13 | 15 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Tube holding device, tube pump system, and tube installation method20 Jan 2026US 12,529,367 B2Surpass Industry Co., Ltd.
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- Gamma stable reinforced pump tubing30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218696 A1W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Facilitating control of fluid or slurry movement in a collapsible tube9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194054 A1Sepro Mineral Systems Corp.
- Apparatus and method for infusing fluid through a tube by appropriately heating the tube5 Mar 2026US 2026/0061119 A1DEKA Products Limited Partnership
- Wireless peristaltic pump12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043399 A1Vanderbilt University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical infusion system313US 4,273,121 AAndros Incorporated · 1981
- Peristaltic infusion pump with removable cassette and mechanically keyed tube set262US 5,213,483 AStrato Medical Corporation · 1993
- Pressure sensitive valves for extracorporeal circuits251US 5,186,431 A1993
- Linear peristaltic pump249US 6,213,739 B1Niagara Pump Corporation · 2001
- Medical infusion system208US 4,199,307 AAndros Incorporated · 1980