A61B 10/00
Instruments for taking body samples for diagnostic purposes
Official title: Instruments for taking body samples for diagnostic purposes (for taking samples of blood A61B5/15); Other methods or instruments for diagnosis, e.g. for vaccination diagnosis, sex determination or ovulation-period determination; Throat striking implements
A61B10/00 (Instruments for taking body samples for diagnostic purposes) appears on 9,791 US grants and 12,423 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 9,791
- Published applications
- 12,423
- Assignees
- 4,273
- Inventors
- 19,268
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 502 | 670 |
| 2025 | 475 | 540 |
| 2026 | 329 | 359 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 10/02Instruments for taking cell samples or for biopsy5,990
- A61B 10/0045Devices for taking samples of body liquids2,765
- A61B 10/0096Casings for storing test samples1,024
- A61B 10/0038Devices for taking faeces samples416
- A61B 10/0012Ovulation-period determination318
- A61B 10/0041Detection of breast cancer308
- A61B 2010/0003Including means for analysis by an unskilled personIndexing code291
- A61B 2010/0083Instruments for taking body samples for diagnostic purposes: for taking gas samplesIndexing code287
Recent patents
- Sample collection device, sample collection kit, sample collection system, diagnostic device, and associated methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,698 B2ASAP Breatheassist Pty Ltd
- Sampling swabs and methods of making the same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,699 B2Carnegie Mellon University
- Mammography apparatus, control device, and program6 Oct 2026US 12,751,700 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Apparati, instruments, systems and methods of use and assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,751,701 B2Stryker Corporation
- Biopsy device and specimen collection method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,702 B2Olympus Corporation
- Systems and methods for medical procedures using optical coherence tomography sensing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305944 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Systems and methods for personalized breath based glycemic monitoring and projected a1c trend estimation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305975 A1PreEvnt, LLC
- Fluid collection and sampling device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306073 A1
- Menstrual cycle tracking and prediction8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306074 A1Apple Inc.
- Aspiration accessories for biopsy devices and methods of performing an aspiration biopsy8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306075 A1Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic arm DLUs for performing surgical tasks2,751US 6,231,565 B1United States Surgical Corporation · 2001
- Electro-mechanical surgical device2,708US 7,032,798 B2Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2006
- Electro-mechanical surgical device2,468US 6,846,308 B2Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2005
- Endoscopic electrosurgical apparatus2,415US 5,334,183 AValleylab, Inc. · 1994
- Electro-mechanical surgical device2,366US 6,793,652 B1Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2004