A61B 5/150503
Single-ended needles
Official title: {Single-ended needles (hollow piercing element tip design A61B5/150396)}
A61B5/150503 (Single-ended needles) appears on 1,884 US grants and 2,353 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,884
- Published applications
- 2,353
- Assignees
- 540
- Inventors
- 2,530
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 24 | 0 |
| 2001 | 23 | 6 |
| 2002 | 23 | 50 |
| 2003 | 42 | 113 |
| 2004 | 22 | 114 |
| 2005 | 37 | 91 |
| 2006 | 37 | 119 |
| 2007 | 57 | 123 |
| 2008 | 35 | 148 |
| 2009 | 41 | 174 |
| 2010 | 76 | 178 |
| 2011 | 118 | 146 |
| 2012 | 148 | 172 |
| 2013 | 123 | 103 |
| 2014 | 111 | 114 |
| 2015 | 103 | 90 |
| 2016 | 102 | 92 |
| 2017 | 80 | 71 |
| 2018 | 81 | 73 |
| 2019 | 60 | 58 |
| 2020 | 77 | 58 |
| 2021 | 58 | 77 |
| 2022 | 37 | 53 |
| 2023 | 30 | 45 |
| 2024 | 40 | 38 |
| 2025 | 34 | 26 |
| 2026 | 25 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Body-insertion device and method for controlling the same22 Sep 2026US 12,740,732 B2Airs Medical Inc.
- Analyte sensor device22 Sep 2026US D1,149,048 S1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. · Design
- Systems and methods for collecting fluid from a subject7 Jul 2026US 12,672,806 B2YourBio Health, Inc.
- Physiological signal monitoring system for fast assembly16 Jun 2026US 12,653,424 B2Bionime Corporation
- Physiological signal monitoring system for fast assembly16 Jun 2026US 12,653,425 B2Bionime Corporation
- Fluid control devices and methods of using the same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262977 A1Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Tube Support for Blood Draw Device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248424 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Systems and Methods for Phlebotomy Through a Peripheral IV Catheter27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248425 A1Velano Vascular, Inc.
- Puncturing instrument20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240567 A1Force Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus and method for animal blood collection13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232423 A1
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
- Tissue penetration device1,208US 7,025,774 B2Pelikan Technologies, Inc. · 2006