A61B 5/150534
Design of protective means for piercing elements for preventing accidental needle sticks
Official title: {Design of protective means for piercing elements for preventing accidental needle sticks, e.g. shields, caps, protectors, axially extensible sleeves, pivotable protective sleeves}
A61B5/150534 (Design of protective means for piercing elements for preventing accidental needle sticks) appears on 1,361 US grants and 1,461 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 5/150694Procedure for removing protection means at the time of piercing610
- A61B 5/150572Pierceable protectors587
- A61B 5/150633Protective sleeves which are axially extensible470
- A61B 5/15058Joining techniques used for protective means427
- A61B 5/150541Breakable protectors308
- A61B 5/150664Pivotable protective sleeves, i.e. sleeves connected to, or integrated in, the piercing145
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