A61B 5/14
Devices for taking samples of blood
Official title: {Devices for taking samples of blood (hypodermic syringes A61M5/00); Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration within the blood, pH-value of blood (measuring of blood pressure A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06)}
A61B5/14 (Devices for taking samples of blood) appears on 1,139 US grants and 1,410 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Analyte sensor device22 Sep 2026US D1,149,048 S1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. · Design
- Liquid pumping cassettes and associated pressure distribution manifold and related methods8 Sep 2026US 12,729,676 B2DEKA Products Limited Partnership
- Systems and methods for collecting fluid from a subject7 Jul 2026US 12,672,806 B2YourBio Health, Inc.
- Medical device inserters and processes of inserting and using medical devices19 May 2026US 12,629,173 B2Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Analyte sensor devices, connections, and methods5 May 2026US 12,616,396 B2Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Liquid pumping cassettes and associated pressure distribution manifold and related methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275977 A1DEKA Products Limited Partnership
- Fluid diversion mechanism for bodily-fluid sampling13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232235 A1Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
- System and method for filling containers with fluids6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225745 A1Tinnus Enterprises, LLC
- Techniques and devices associated with blood sampling7 May 2026US 2026/0123864 A1YourBio Health, Inc.
- Systems and interfaces for blood sampling19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076595 A1YourBio Health, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of using a small volume in vitro analyte sensor1,793US 6,120,676 ATheraSense, Inc. · 2000
- Small volume in vitro analyte sensor1,656US 6,143,164 AE. Heller & Company · 2000
- Small volume in vitro analyte sensor with diffusible or non-leachable redox mediator1,613US 6,591,125 B1TheraSense, Inc. · 2003
- System and methods for processing analyte sensor data1,380US 6,931,327 B2DexCom, Inc. · 2005
- System and methods for processing analyte sensor data1,230US 7,276,029 B2DexCom, Inc. · 2007