A61B 10/0038
Devices for taking faeces samples
Official title: {Devices for taking faeces samples; Faecal examination devices (anal receptacles A61F5/451)}
A61B10/0038 (Devices for taking faeces samples) appears on 416 US grants and 595 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 416
- Published applications
- 595
- Assignees
- 293
- Inventors
- 1,086
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 11 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Fecal management systems and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,752,046 B2CM Technologies, Inc.
- Collection container25 Aug 2026US 12,714,406 B2Mymed Devices, LLC
- Method for detecting physical properties of urine, urination, and feces for determination of health concerns by analyzing urine bubbles data in multiple urination sessions16 Jun 2026US 12,653,433 B2
- Method and apparatus for DNA sample collection from uncooperative suspects9 Jun 2026US 12,650,365 B1
- Analysis of bodily emissons26 May 2026US 12,638,463 B2Outsense Diagnostics Ltd.
- Fecal Collection Systems and Methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306290 A1
- System, Method and Apparatus for Forming Machine Learning Sessions10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263052 A1Toi Labs, Inc.
- Methods for delivery of bodily fluids onto a fibrous substrate10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263053 A1Tasso, Inc.
- Health monitoring apparatus and health monitoring toilet10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266037 A1Xiamen R&T Plumbing Technology Co., Ltd.
- Analysis of bodily emissons10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266854 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Self propelled device having a magnetohydrodynamic propulsion system141US 6,939,290 B2Given Imaging Ltd. · 2005
- Specimen handling device115US 5,543,115 AMizuho USA, Inc. · 1996
- Modular point-of-care devices, systems, and uses thereof100US 8,088,593 B2Theranos, Inc. · 2012
- Device for collecting fecal specimens96US 4,309,782 A1982
- Stool collection and transport device92US 5,149,506 ASage Products, LLC · 1992