A61B 5/15
Devices for taking samples of blood
A61B5/15 (Devices for taking samples of blood) appears on 5,139 US grants and 6,509 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 5,139
- Published applications
- 6,509
- Assignees
- 1,723
- Inventors
- 8,167
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | 24 | 0 |
| 1979 | 19 | 0 |
| 1980 | 30 | 0 |
| 1981 | 29 | 0 |
| 1982 | 23 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 77 | 0 |
| 2001 | 77 | 23 |
| 2002 | 62 | 114 |
| 2003 | 97 | 197 |
| 2004 | 60 | 205 |
| 2005 | 71 | 191 |
| 2006 | 66 | 248 |
| 2007 | 84 | 242 |
| 2008 | 67 | 243 |
| 2009 | 79 | 261 |
| 2010 | 143 | 309 |
| 2011 | 179 | 264 |
| 2012 | 228 | 287 |
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| 2019 | 218 | 305 |
| 2020 | 254 | 274 |
| 2021 | 215 | 386 |
| 2022 | 194 | 280 |
| 2023 | 174 | 297 |
| 2024 | 192 | 317 |
| 2025 | 199 | 209 |
| 2026 | 129 | 162 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 5/150007Details4,917
- A61B 5/151Devices specially adapted for taking samples of capillary blood2,082
- A61B 5/153Devices specially adapted for taking samples of venous or arterial blood1,540
- A61B 5/157Devices characterised by integrated means for measuring characteristics of blood1,282
- A61B 5/150992Blood sampling from a fluid line external to a patient, such as721
- A61B 5/155Devices specially adapted for continuous or multiple sampling467
- A61B 5/150977Arrays of piercing elements for simultaneous piercing282
- A61B 5/150969Low-profile devices which resemble patches or plasters264
Recent patents
- Fluid control devices and methods of using the same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,652 B2Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Fluid control devices and methods of using the same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,653 B2Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Blood draw device with anti-buckling feature6 Oct 2026US 12,751,654 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Activation and retraction mechanism for lancing devices6 Oct 2026US 12,751,655 B2Safety Lancet Sweden AB
- Instrument delivery device with nested housing6 Oct 2026US 12,752,084 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Hand warmer device for capillary blood collection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305993 A1Babson Diagnostics, Inc.
- High-volume bodily fluid collection devices and related systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305994 A1Tasso, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for bodily fluid sample collection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305995 A1Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Small Volume Collection Container8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305996 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Applicator for continuous blood glucose measurement device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294290 A1I-Sens, 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
- Lancing apparatus for producing a puncture wound1,402US 8,002,785 B2Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · 2011
- System and methods for processing analyte sensor data1,380US 6,931,327 B2DexCom, Inc. · 2005