A61B 5/150549
Protectors removed by rotational movement
Official title: {Protectors removed by rotational movement, e.g. torsion or screwing}
A61B5/150549 (Protectors removed by rotational movement) appears on 198 US grants and 222 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 198
- Published applications
- 222
- Assignees
- 87
- Inventors
- 309
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 2 | 17 |
| 2005 | 5 | 7 |
| 2006 | 1 | 15 |
| 2007 | 3 | 10 |
| 2008 | 3 | 14 |
| 2009 | 2 | 24 |
| 2010 | 6 | 30 |
| 2011 | 20 | 19 |
| 2012 | 15 | 9 |
| 2013 | 13 | 14 |
| 2014 | 19 | 12 |
| 2015 | 15 | 11 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2 |
| 2017 | 10 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 9 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Blood sampling device22 Sep 2026US 12,740,733 B2Owen Mumford Limited
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- Lancet device15 Oct 2024US 12,114,971 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Tail pressing type disposable safety lancet28 Nov 2023US 11,826,145 B2Sterilance Medical (Suzhou) Inc.
- Lancing devices16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102091 A1
- Blood collection pen25 Dec 2025US 2025/0387055 A1
- Single use lancing device19 Jun 2025US 2025/0194973 A1
- A simple head pressing type disposable safety lancet5 Dec 2024US 2024/0398301 A1Sterilance Medical (Suzhou) Inc.
- Medical needle3 Oct 2024US 2024/0324920 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
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
- Lancet ejector mechanism344US 4,976,724 ALifeScan, Inc. · 1990
- Lancet having adjustable penetration depth325US 6,022,366 AStat Medical Devices, Inc. · 2000