A61B 5/15058
Joining techniques used for protective means
Official title: {Joining techniques used for protective means}
A61B5/15058 (Joining techniques used for protective means) appears on 427 US grants and 483 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 427
- Published applications
- 483
- Assignees
- 146
- Inventors
- 665
- Latest grant
- 3 Feb 2026
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| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 7 | 16 |
| 2003 | 11 | 30 |
| 2004 | 8 | 33 |
| 2005 | 11 | 24 |
| 2006 | 12 | 28 |
| 2007 | 8 | 32 |
| 2008 | 11 | 26 |
| 2009 | 10 | 41 |
| 2010 | 16 | 52 |
| 2011 | 38 | 41 |
| 2012 | 35 | 27 |
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| 2020 | 12 | 4 |
| 2021 | 5 | 10 |
| 2022 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 6 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Syringe with multifunctional plunger handle3 Feb 2026US 12,539,369 B2Retractable Technologies, Inc.
- Precise arterial blood sampling device23 Sep 2025US 12,419,554 B2Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine
- Syringe needle shield20 May 2025US 12,303,673 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Integrated fluid module and test device25 Mar 2025US 12,257,578 B2Atomo Diagnostics Pty Limited
- Combined medical device with sliding frontal attachment and retractable needle10 Dec 2024US 12,161,851 B2Retractable Technologies, Inc.
- Lancing devices16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102091 A1
- Blood collection pen25 Dec 2025US 2025/0387055 A1
- Blood Collection Tube Holder with Slidable Needle Safety Device9 Oct 2025US 2025/0311951 A1Retractable Technologies, Inc.
- Integrated fluid module and test device11 Sep 2025US 2025/0281927 A1Atomo Diagnostics Pty Limited
- Single-handed operable infant heel blood sampling device and its safety mechanism17 Jul 2025US 2025/0231090 A1Ningbo Medsun Medical Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Assembly having lancet and means for collecting and detecting body fluid536US 6,315,738 B1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2001
- Blood lancet device for withdrawing blood for diagnostic purposes501US 5,554,166 ABoehringer Mannheim GmbH · 1996
- Device and method for in vitro determination of analyte concentrations within body fluids438US 6,989,891 B2OptiScan Biomedical Corporation · 2006
- Combined lancet and multi-function cap and lancet injector for use therewith437US 5,324,303 AAMG Medical Inc. · 1994
- Device and method for in vitro determination of analyte concentrations within body fluids383US 7,061,593 B2OptiScan Biomedical Corporation · 2006