A61B 5/150419
Comprising means for capillary action
Official title: {comprising means for capillary action}
A61B5/150419 (Comprising means for capillary action) appears on 158 US grants and 216 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 158
- Published applications
- 216
- Assignees
- 52
- Inventors
- 267
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 9 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 7 |
| 2006 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 11 |
| 2009 | 0 | 13 |
| 2010 | 7 | 15 |
| 2011 | 7 | 21 |
| 2012 | 14 | 27 |
| 2013 | 10 | 11 |
| 2014 | 15 | 10 |
| 2015 | 17 | 4 |
| 2016 | 13 | 11 |
| 2017 | 6 | 4 |
| 2018 | 10 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 | 4 |
| 2021 | 13 | 14 |
| 2022 | 4 | 8 |
| 2023 | 1 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 | 8 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026 | 6 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- 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.
- Medical device inserters and processes of inserting and using medical devices17 Mar 2026US 12,575,856 B2Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Devices and methods for body fluid sampling and analysis2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090746 A1
- Medical device inserters and processes of inserting and using medical devices16 Oct 2025US 2025/0318764 A1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Medical device inserters and processes of inserting and using medical devices3 Jul 2025US 2025/0213153 A1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Compliant Polymeric Structures Having Polymeric Microneedles and Methods for Making and Using Same12 Jun 2025US 2025/0186754 A1The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Medical device inserters and processes of inserting and using medical devices20 Feb 2025US 2025/0057452 A1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for sampling and analyzing body fluid608US 6,099,484 AAmira Medical · 2000
- Device for measuring blood coagulation and method thereof415US 7,005,857 B2LifeScan Scotland Limited · 2006
- Apparatus and method for minimally invasive blood sampling350US 5,938,679 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1999
- Disposable element for use in a body fluid sampling device325US 6,048,352 AMercury Diagnostics, Inc. · 2000
- Disposable element for use in a body fluid sampling device294US 6,183,489 B2Amira Medical · 2001