- All sections
 - A - Human necessities
 - A61M - Devices for introducing media into, or onto, the bodydevices for transducing body media or for taking media from the bodydevices for producing or ending sleep or stupor
 - A61M 5/315 - PistonsPiston-rodsGuiding, blocking or restricting the movement of the rodAppliances on the rod for facilitating dosing
 
Patent holdings for IPC class A61M 5/315
Total number of patents in this class: 8960
10-year publication summary
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 
Principal owners for this class
| Owner | 
				 All patents 
			 | 
			
				 This class 
			 | 
		
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH | 2611  | 
				1007  | 
			
| Sanofi | 4113  | 
				659  | 
			
| SHL Medical AG | 1289  | 
				508  | 
			
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | 7362  | 
				470  | 
			
| Novo Nordisk A/S | 2272  | 
				361  | 
			
| Eli Lilly and Company | 3882  | 
				196  | 
			
| Amgen Inc. | 4141  | 
				179  | 
			
| Owen Mumford Limited | 463  | 
				148  | 
			
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5624  | 
				144  | 
			
| Becton Dickinson France S.A.S. | 452  | 
				136  | 
			
| Ypsomed AG | 388  | 
				135  | 
			
| Insulet Corporation | 851  | 
				106  | 
			
| TecPharma Licensing AG | 200  | 
				97  | 
			
| Bayer HealthCare LLC | 1345  | 
				91  | 
			
| Credence Medsystems, Inc. | 129  | 
				79  | 
			
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2737  | 
				72  | 
			
| Becton Dickinson France | 269  | 
				65  | 
			
| medmix Switzerland AG | 513  | 
				65  | 
			
| West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | 412  | 
				61  | 
			
| Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. | 1809  | 
				55  | 
			
| Other owners | 4326 |