A61B 5/150442
Blade-like piercing elements
Official title: {Blade-like piercing elements, e.g. blades, cutters, knives, for cutting the skin}
A61B5/150442 (Blade-like piercing elements) appears on 217 US grants and 261 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 217
- Published applications
- 261
- Assignees
- 86
- Inventors
- 413
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 |
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
- Sample collection device, system and method for extracting and collecting a sample of a fluid of a user28 Oct 2025US 12,453,497 B2Loop Medical SA
- Method for manufacturing insertion guide needle for continuous blood glucose monitoring device14 Oct 2025US 12,440,125 B2I-Sens, Inc.
- Dermal patch for collecting a physiological sample14 Oct 2025US 12,440,133 B2Satio, Inc.
- Sample collection device, system and method for extracting and collecting a sample of a fluid of a user6 May 2025US 12,290,361 B2Loop Medical SA
- High-volume bodily fluid collection devices and related systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305994 A1Tasso, Inc.
- Infant lancet assembly10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262978 A1Asahi Polyslider Company, Limited
- Blood collection device and blood collection and storage device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198819 A1Ashi Polyslider Company, Limited
- Techniques and devices associated with blood sampling7 May 2026US 2026/0123864 A1YourBio Health, 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
- Small volume in vitro analyte sensor with diffusible or non-leachable redox mediator1,613US 6,591,125 B1TheraSense, Inc. · 2003
- Reusable ceramic skin-piercing device890US 6,623,501 B2TheraSense, Inc. · 2003
- Intracutaneous microneedle array apparatus483US 6,379,324 B1The Procter & Gamble Company · 2002
- Methods of determining concentration of glucose460US 7,058,437 B2TheraSense, Inc. · 2006
- Device and method for in vitro determination of analyte concentrations within body fluids438US 6,989,891 B2OptiScan Biomedical Corporation · 2006