A61B 5/150282
For piercing elements
Official title: {for piercing elements, e.g. blade, lancet, canula, needle}
A61B5/150282 (For piercing elements) appears on 246 US grants and 337 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 246
- Published applications
- 337
- Assignees
- 115
- Inventors
- 452
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 13 |
| 2003 | 11 | 16 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10 |
| 2005 | 6 | 22 |
| 2006 | 2 | 15 |
| 2007 | 5 | 14 |
| 2008 | 6 | 10 |
| 2009 | 4 | 19 |
| 2010 | 12 | 19 |
| 2011 | 11 | 19 |
| 2012 | 16 | 28 |
| 2013 | 8 | 14 |
| 2014 | 18 | 11 |
| 2015 | 18 | 12 |
| 2016 | 14 | 20 |
| 2017 | 8 | 14 |
| 2018 | 15 | 4 |
| 2019 | 12 | 11 |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 |
| 2021 | 16 | 14 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15 |
| 2023 | 5 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 |
| 2025 | 5 | 7 |
| 2026 | 8 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- On-body microsensor for biomonitoring2 Jun 2026US 12,642,488 B2One Health Biosensing Inc.
- 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.
- On-body microsensor for biomonitoring10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263006 A1One Health Biosensing Inc.
- Apparatus and Methods for Drug Delivery Using Microneedles28 May 2026US 2026/0144674 A1Clearside Biomedical, Inc.
- Intra-mold sterilization of plastic-embedded needle5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060577 A1Facet Technologies, LLC
- Method and System for Harvesting Biological Tissue5 Feb 2026US 2026/0033860 A1Medline Industries, Inc.
- Method for manufacturing insertion guide needle for continuous blood glucose monitoring device22 Jan 2026US 2026/0020779 A1I-Sens, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device and method for enchancing transdermal sampling1,134US 6,219,574 B1Alza Corporation · 2001
- Microneedle devices and methods of manufacture and use thereof907US 6,334,856 B12002
- Microneedle device for transport of molecules across tissue634US 6,503,231 B1Georgia Tech Research Corporation · 2003
- Medical device for analyte monitoring and drug delivery548US 7,291,497 B2Theranos, Inc. · 2007
- Microneedle device for extraction and sensing of bodily fluids536US 7,344,499 B1Georgia Tech Research Corporation · 2008