A61B 5/150015
Source of blood
Official title: {Source of blood}
A61B5/150015 (Source of blood) appears on 4,532 US grants and 5,528 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 4,532
- Published applications
- 5,528
- Assignees
- 1,436
- Inventors
- 6,737
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | 24 | 0 |
| 1979 | 19 | 0 |
| 1980 | 30 | 0 |
| 1981 | 28 | 0 |
| 1982 | 22 | 0 |
| 1983 | 28 | 0 |
| 1984 | 24 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 23 | 0 |
| 1987 | 45 | 0 |
| 1988 | 29 | 0 |
| 1989 | 35 | 0 |
| 1990 | 49 | 0 |
| 1991 | 64 | 0 |
| 1992 | 58 | 0 |
| 1993 | 48 | 0 |
| 1994 | 66 | 0 |
| 1995 | 41 | 0 |
| 1996 | 57 | 0 |
| 1997 | 45 | 0 |
| 1998 | 53 | 0 |
| 1999 | 64 | 0 |
| 2000 | 77 | 0 |
| 2001 | 77 | 22 |
| 2002 | 62 | 113 |
| 2003 | 95 | 193 |
| 2004 | 60 | 205 |
| 2005 | 68 | 188 |
| 2006 | 65 | 240 |
| 2007 | 84 | 239 |
| 2008 | 65 | 233 |
| 2009 | 78 | 253 |
| 2010 | 140 | 302 |
| 2011 | 175 | 244 |
| 2012 | 220 | 261 |
| 2013 | 214 | 208 |
| 2014 | 197 | 256 |
| 2015 | 195 | 229 |
| 2016 | 191 | 225 |
| 2017 | 190 | 225 |
| 2018 | 184 | 216 |
| 2019 | 173 | 225 |
| 2020 | 200 | 211 |
| 2021 | 166 | 294 |
| 2022 | 145 | 213 |
| 2023 | 131 | 243 |
| 2024 | 141 | 235 |
| 2025 | 148 | 148 |
| 2026 | 88 | 107 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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.
- Activation and retraction mechanism for lancing devices6 Oct 2026US 12,751,655 B2Safety Lancet Sweden AB
- Blood vessel visualization apparatus, blood vessel puncture system, and observation window member29 Sep 2026US 12,745,909 B2Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Surgical suction device that uses positive pressure gas29 Sep 2026US 12,745,935 B2Conmed Corporation
- Hand warmer device for capillary blood collection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305993 A1Babson Diagnostics, Inc.
- Small Volume Collection Container8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305996 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Cap With Venting Plug for Biological Fluid Collection Device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294297 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Blood collection devices, systems, and methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294298 A1Avia Vascular, LLC
- Fluid diversion mechanism for bodily-fluid sampling24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283515 A1Magnolia Medical Technologies, 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