F21V 33/0068
Medical equipment
Official title: {Medical equipment}
F21V33/0068 (Medical equipment) appears on 227 US grants and 262 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F21V- Granted patents
- 227
- Published applications
- 262
- Assignees
- 142
- Inventors
- 461
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 6 | 14 |
| 2014 | 8 | 16 |
| 2015 | 10 | 26 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11 |
| 2017 | 23 | 28 |
| 2018 | 19 | 24 |
| 2019 | 26 | 20 |
| 2020 | 24 | 19 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 |
| 2022 | 20 | 17 |
| 2023 | 13 | 9 |
| 2024 | 14 | 13 |
| 2025 | 5 | 10 |
| 2026 | 8 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Light source for emission of projections indicating ideal foot placement and orientation relative to a walking aid11 Aug 2026US 12,702,614 B2
- Light source device and cooling method11 Aug 2026US 12,704,245 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Systems and methods for authenticating medical infusion lines21 Jul 2026US 12,688,919 B2Chs Healthcare Ventures, Inc
- Lighting device for handheld surgical instrument with smoke evacuation system16 Jun 2026US 12,653,638 B2Pathy Medical, LLC
- Multi-alert lights for hospital bed7 Apr 2026US 12,594,203 B2Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- Multi-joint lighting device including the tension arm assembly27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251290 A1Dentis Co., Ltd.
- Electronic illuminator for illuminating medical infusion lines23 Jul 2026US 2026/0212986 A1Chs Healthcare Ventures, Inc
- Alert light method for hospital bed25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174610 A1Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- Illuminated suction device28 May 2026US 2026/0144926 A1CooperSurgical, Inc.
- Multi-function walking cane21 May 2026US 2026/0137179 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Biopsy device with inner cutting member371US 7,819,819 B2SenoRx, Inc. · 2010
- Biopsy device with inner cutter250US 7,189,206 B2SenoRx, Inc. · 2007
- Solid-state light source144US 6,921,920 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2005
- Bed with improved lighting features96US 6,234,642 B1Dewert Antriebs- und Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG · 2001
- Solid-state light source95US 7,540,645 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2009