A61B 5/150167
Adjustable piercing speed of skin piercing element
Official title: {Adjustable piercing speed of skin piercing element, e.g. blade, needle, lancet or canula, for example with varying spring force or pneumatic drive}
A61B5/150167 (Adjustable piercing speed of skin piercing element) appears on 195 US grants and 250 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 195
- Published applications
- 250
- Assignees
- 39
- Inventors
- 180
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 27 |
| 2004 | 0 | 10 |
| 2005 | 0 | 5 |
| 2006 | 4 | 23 |
| 2007 | 10 | 43 |
| 2008 | 6 | 19 |
| 2009 | 8 | 21 |
| 2010 | 17 | 15 |
| 2011 | 25 | 14 |
| 2012 | 26 | 18 |
| 2013 | 23 | 13 |
| 2014 | 19 | 9 |
| 2015 | 10 | 4 |
| 2016 | 11 | 4 |
| 2017 | 14 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 6 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Adjustable lancet and test cartridge for automated medical sample collection and testing10 Mar 2026US 12,569,174 B22Pi-Sigma Corp.
- Devices, systems and methods for actuation and retraction in fluid collection6 Jan 2026US 12,514,476 B2Tasso, Inc.
- Automated medical sample collection and testing for providing blood coagulation indication21 Oct 2025US 12,449,440 B22Pi-Sigma Corp.
- Method for manufacturing insertion guide needle for continuous blood glucose monitoring device14 Oct 2025US 12,440,125 B2I-Sens, Inc.
- Systems and interfaces for blood sampling27 May 2025US 12,310,728 B2YourBio Health, Inc.
- Devices, systems and methods for actuation and retraction in fluid collection13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232238 A1Tasso, Inc.
- Systems and interfaces for blood sampling19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076595 A1YourBio Health, Inc.
- Method for manufacturing insertion guide needle for continuous blood glucose monitoring device22 Jan 2026US 2026/0020779 A1I-Sens, Inc.
- Puncture needle and catheter assembly19 Dec 2024US 2024/0416049 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Multi-site body fluid sampling and analysis cartridge4 Apr 2024US 2024/0108259 A1Intuity Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tissue penetration device1,208US 7,025,774 B2Pelikan Technologies, Inc. · 2006
- Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue956US 7,547,287 B2Pelikan Technologies, Inc. · 2009
- Method and apparatus for a multi-use body fluid sampling device with analyte sensing793US 7,198,606 B2Pelikan Technologies, Inc. · 2007
- Sampling module device and method756US 7,041,068 B2Pelikan Technologies, Inc. · 2006
- Apparatus and method for penetration with shaft having a sensor for sensing penetration depth430US 6,391,005 B1Agilent Technologies, Inc. · 2002