A61B 5/150541
Breakable protectors
Official title: {Breakable protectors, e.g. caps, shields or sleeves, i.e. protectors separated destructively, e.g. by breaking a connecting area}
A61B5/150541 (Breakable protectors) appears on 308 US grants and 370 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 308
- Published applications
- 370
- Assignees
- 115
- Inventors
- 459
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 7 | 10 |
| 2004 | 4 | 24 |
| 2005 | 6 | 16 |
| 2006 | 2 | 20 |
| 2007 | 4 | 24 |
| 2008 | 7 | 24 |
| 2009 | 6 | 43 |
| 2010 | 15 | 46 |
| 2011 | 37 | 34 |
| 2012 | 32 | 18 |
| 2013 | 23 | 25 |
| 2014 | 29 | 13 |
| 2015 | 19 | 18 |
| 2016 | 11 | 4 |
| 2017 | 13 | 7 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 10 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 | 9 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Activation and retraction mechanism for lancing devices6 Oct 2026US 12,751,655 B2Safety Lancet Sweden AB
- Blood sampling device22 Sep 2026US 12,740,733 B2Owen Mumford Limited
- Lancing device utilizing tail handle to load and adjust depth18 Aug 2026US 12,708,300 B2Sterilance Medical (Suzhou) Inc.
- Intra-mold sterilization of plastic-embedded needle4 Nov 2025US 12,458,263 B2Facet Technologies, LLC
- Lancing device22 Jul 2025US 12,364,420 B2Owen Mumford Limited
- Infant lancet assembly10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262978 A1Asahi Polyslider Company, Limited
- Lancet30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114766 A1Tianjin Huahong Technology Co., Ltd.
- Lancing devices16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102091 A1
- Intra-mold sterilization of plastic-embedded needle5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060577 A1Facet Technologies, LLC
- Blood collection pen25 Dec 2025US 2025/0387055 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Blood lancet device for withdrawing blood for diagnostic purposes501US 5,554,166 ABoehringer Mannheim GmbH · 1996
- Combined lancet and multi-function cap and lancet injector for use therewith437US 5,324,303 AAMG Medical Inc. · 1994
- Lancet having adjustable penetration depth424US 6,156,051 AStat Medical Devices, Inc. · 2000
- Multi-use lancet device372US 6,228,100 B12001
- Lancet ejector mechanism344US 4,976,724 ALifeScan, Inc. · 1990