A61B 5/150221
Valves
Official title: {Valves}
A61B5/150221 (Valves) appears on 788 US grants and 1,005 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 788
- Published applications
- 1,005
- Assignees
- 306
- Inventors
- 1,259
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 2 |
| 2002 | 6 | 13 |
| 2003 | 11 | 16 |
| 2004 | 10 | 28 |
| 2005 | 7 | 28 |
| 2006 | 9 | 54 |
| 2007 | 17 | 44 |
| 2008 | 9 | 41 |
| 2009 | 13 | 39 |
| 2010 | 22 | 23 |
| 2011 | 20 | 41 |
| 2012 | 33 | 31 |
| 2013 | 38 | 32 |
| 2014 | 21 | 52 |
| 2015 | 33 | 41 |
| 2016 | 31 | 46 |
| 2017 | 30 | 46 |
| 2018 | 52 | 55 |
| 2019 | 32 | 42 |
| 2020 | 38 | 33 |
| 2021 | 27 | 53 |
| 2022 | 37 | 59 |
| 2023 | 30 | 67 |
| 2024 | 34 | 55 |
| 2025 | 30 | 32 |
| 2026 | 23 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Fluid control devices and methods of using the same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,653 B2Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Surgical suction device that uses positive pressure gas29 Sep 2026US 12,745,935 B2Conmed Corporation
- Fluid control devices and methods of using the same15 Sep 2026US 12,733,848 B2Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Fluid control devices and methods of using the same15 Sep 2026US 12,733,849 B2Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Overmolded hemolysis-reduction accessories for direct blood draw1 Sep 2026US 12,721,557 B2CareFusion 303, 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.
- Fluid diversion mechanism for bodily-fluid sampling24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283515 A1Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Sampling device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283517 A1Ikashmore Pty Ltd
- Intravascular blood extraction systems, devices, and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272347 A1Venocare, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tissue penetration device1,208US 7,025,774 B2Pelikan Technologies, Inc. · 2006
- Method and apparatus for obtaining blood for diagnostic tests1,021US 6,306,104 B1Abbott Laboratories · 2001
- Method and apparatus for a multi-use body fluid sampling device with analyte sensing793US 7,198,606 B2Pelikan Technologies, Inc. · 2007
- Method and apparatus for obtaining blood for diagnostic tests789US 6,093,156 AAbbott Laboratories · 2000
- Sampling module device and method756US 7,041,068 B2Pelikan Technologies, Inc. · 2006