A61B 5/150473
Double-ended needles
Official title: {Double-ended needles, e.g. used with pre-evacuated sampling tubes (hollow piercing element tip design A61B5/150396)}
A61B5/150473 (Double-ended needles) appears on 525 US grants and 337 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 525
- Published applications
- 337
- Assignees
- 174
- Inventors
- 651
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 5 |
| 2002 | 9 | 17 |
| 2003 | 19 | 34 |
| 2004 | 15 | 31 |
| 2005 | 12 | 18 |
| 2006 | 12 | 13 |
| 2007 | 10 | 16 |
| 2008 | 9 | 10 |
| 2009 | 9 | 14 |
| 2010 | 5 | 15 |
| 2011 | 3 | 14 |
| 2012 | 18 | 17 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11 |
| 2014 | 12 | 10 |
| 2015 | 9 | 12 |
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| 2017 | 8 | 14 |
| 2018 | 19 | 15 |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7 | 5 |
| 2022 | 2 | 9 |
| 2023 | 3 | 12 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tube support for blood draw device19 May 2026US 12,629,070 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Blood collection devices, systems, and methods11 Nov 2025US 12,465,252 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Blood sample optimization device19 Aug 2025US 12,390,137 B2Kurin, Inc.
- Blood sample optimization device15 Jul 2025US 12,357,209 B2Kurin, Inc.
- Blood collection tube holder with single needle29 Apr 2025US 12,285,253 B2Retractable Technologies, Inc.
- Cannula set loading unit, cannula set loading device and cannula insertion system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272349 A1Vitestro Holding B.V.
- Tube Support for Blood Draw Device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248424 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Blood sample optimization device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240469 A1Kurin, Inc.
- A device for fluid transfer through a placed catheter23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207101 A1B. Braun Melsungen AG
- Blood sample optimization device2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182875 A1Kurin, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Analyte monitor767US 6,923,764 B2Rosedale Medical, Inc. · 2005
- Methods and apparatus for sampling and analyzing body fluid608US 6,099,484 AAmira Medical · 2000
- Analyte monitor564US 6,540,675 B2Rosedale Medical, Inc. · 2003
- Blood sampling assembly having porous vent means vein entry indicator396US 4,207,870 ABecton, Dickinson and Company · 1980
- Contamination-free method and apparatus for measuring body fluid chemical parameters386US 5,145,565 ASpaceLabs, Inc. · 1992