A61B 5/15016
By accessories for bringing the piercing element into the body
Official title: {by accessories for bringing the piercing element into the body, e.g. through rotation of the piercing element}
A61B5/15016 (By accessories for bringing the piercing element into the body) appears on 67 US grants and 83 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 67
- Published applications
- 83
- Assignees
- 33
- Inventors
- 105
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 12 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 6 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 7 | 5 |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 |
| 2022 | 3 | 8 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 | 6 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Medical device inserters and processes of inserting and using medical devices19 May 2026US 12,629,173 B2Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Medical device inserters and processes of inserting and using medical devices21 Apr 2026US 12,605,185 B2Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Medical device inserters and processes of inserting and using medical devices21 Apr 2026US 12,605,186 B2Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Medical device inserters and processes of inserting and using medical devices31 Mar 2026US 12,588,928 B2Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Medical device inserters and processes of inserting and using medical devices17 Mar 2026US 12,575,856 B2Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Medical device inserters and processes of inserting and using medical devices16 Oct 2025US 2025/0318764 A1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Medical device inserters and processes of inserting and using medical devices3 Jul 2025US 2025/0213153 A1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Devices for collecting biological samples5 Jun 2025US 2025/0176881 A1Drawbridge Health, Inc.
- Medical device inserters and processes of inserting and using medical devices20 Feb 2025US 2025/0057452 A1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Hypodermic Needle That Mitigates Blood Vessel Collapse26 Dec 2024US 2024/0423521 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for sampling body fluid610US 5,857,983 AMercury Diagnostics, Inc. · 1999
- Methods and apparatus for sampling and analyzing body fluid608US 6,099,484 AAmira Medical · 2000
- Disposable element for use in a body fluid sampling device325US 6,048,352 AMercury Diagnostics, Inc. · 2000
- Disposable element for use in a body fluid sampling device294US 6,183,489 B2Amira Medical · 2001
- Apparatus and method for incising250US 6,176,865 B1Agilent Technologies, Inc. · 2001