A61B 5/150343
Collection vessels for collecting blood samples from the skin surface
Official title: {Collection vessels for collecting blood samples from the skin surface, e.g. test tubes, cuvettes (sampling from within body cavities A61B5/150015, A61B5/150045)}
A61B5/150343 (Collection vessels for collecting blood samples from the skin surface) appears on 466 US grants and 657 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 657
- Assignees
- 299
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 27 | 43 |
| 2025 | 24 | 39 |
| 2026 | 13 | 26 |
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 12,751,652 B2Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Device for the attached flow of blood29 Sep 2026US 12,745,936 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Small volume collection container15 Sep 2026US 12,733,850 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Collapsible fluid collection system for point-of-care diagnostics1 Sep 2026US 12,721,607 B1George Mason University
- Cap with venting plug for biological fluid collection device23 Jun 2026US 12,661,041 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- High-volume bodily fluid collection devices and related systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305994 A1Tasso, Inc.
- Small Volume Collection Container8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305996 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Cap With Venting Plug for Biological Fluid Collection Device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294297 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Cannula set loading unit, cannula set loading device and cannula insertion system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272349 A1Vitestro Holding B.V.
- Methods for delivery of bodily fluids onto a fibrous substrate10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263053 A1Tasso, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for sampling and analyzing body fluid657US 5,951,492 AMercury Diagnostics, Inc. · 1999
- 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
- Body fluid sampling device and methods of use551US 5,879,311 AMercury Diagnostics, Inc. · 1999
- Medical device for analyte monitoring and drug delivery548US 7,291,497 B2Theranos, Inc. · 2007