A61B 5/150381
Design of piercing elements
Official title: {Design of piercing elements}
A61B5/150381 (Design of piercing elements) appears on 2,914 US grants and 3,293 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 65 | 88 |
| 2025 | 71 | 59 |
| 2026 | 37 | 46 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Device for the attached flow of blood29 Sep 2026US 12,745,936 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Peripheral intravenous catheter assembly having an extension set29 Sep 2026US 12,746,367 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Body-insertion device and method for controlling the same22 Sep 2026US 12,740,732 B2Airs Medical Inc.
- Blood sampling device22 Sep 2026US 12,740,733 B2Owen Mumford Limited
- Analyte sensor device22 Sep 2026US D1,149,048 S1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. · Design
- 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.
- Sampling device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283517 A1Ikashmore Pty Ltd
- Cannula set loading unit, cannula set loading device and cannula insertion system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272349 A1Vitestro Holding B.V.
- Fluid control devices and methods of using the same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262977 A1Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of using a small volume in vitro analyte sensor1,793US 6,120,676 ATheraSense, Inc. · 2000
- Small volume in vitro analyte sensor1,656US 6,143,164 AE. Heller & Company · 2000
- Small volume in vitro analyte sensor with diffusible or non-leachable redox mediator1,613US 6,591,125 B1TheraSense, Inc. · 2003
- Lancing apparatus for producing a puncture wound1,402US 8,002,785 B2Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · 2011
- Medical diagnostic system1,313US 5,279,294 ACascade Medical, Inc. · 1994