A61B 5/150312
Sterilisation of piercing elements, piercing devices or sampling devices
Official title: {Sterilisation of piercing elements, piercing devices or sampling devices (piercing element stocking means, e.g. cartridges, A61B5/15176)}
A61B5/150312 (Sterilisation of piercing elements, piercing devices or sampling devices) appears on 64 US grants and 100 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 64
- Published applications
- 100
- Assignees
- 43
- Inventors
- 171
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 9 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 5 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 | 7 |
| 2016 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for managing blood donations22 Sep 2026US 12,741,067 B2Applied Science, Inc.
- Analyte sensor device22 Sep 2026US D1,149,048 S1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. · Design
- Analyte sensor devices, connections, and methods5 May 2026US 12,616,396 B2Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Analyte sensor devices, connections, and methods5 May 2026US 12,616,397 B2Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Analyte sensor devices, connections, and methods24 Mar 2026US 12,582,334 B2Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Intra-mold sterilization of plastic-embedded needle5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060577 A1Facet Technologies, LLC
- Blood Sampling System8 Jan 2026US 2026/0007342 A1Assaya LLC
- Devices and systems for automated collection of blood into tube stored at atmospheric pressure and mixing of the blood with additives in the tube14 Aug 2025US 2025/0255524 A1P5 Designers, LLC
- Sample collection device, system and method for extracting and collecting a sample of a fluid of a user24 Jul 2025US 2025/0235132 A1Loop Medical SA
- Analyte sensor devices, connections, and methods5 Jun 2025US 2025/0176863 A1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reusable ceramic skin-piercing device890US 6,623,501 B2TheraSense, Inc. · 2003
- Lancet assembly324US 5,628,765 AAPLS Co., Ltd. · 1997
- Lancet assembly249US 5,755,733 AAPLS Co., Ltd. · 1998
- Analyte sensor devices, connections, and methods72US 9,402,570 B2Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. · 2016
- Analyte sensor devices, connections, and methods41US 11,179,068 B2Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. · 2021