A61B 5/150801
Means for facilitating use
Official title: {Means for facilitating use, e.g. by people with impaired vision; means for indicating when used correctly or incorrectly; means for alarming}
A61B5/150801 (Means for facilitating use) appears on 402 US grants and 582 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 582
- Assignees
- 201
- Inventors
- 882
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 6 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Blood vessel visualization apparatus, blood vessel puncture system, and observation window member29 Sep 2026US 12,745,909 B2Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems and methods for managing blood donations22 Sep 2026US 12,741,067 B2Applied Science, Inc.
- Closed type arterial blood collection apparatus21 Apr 2026US 12,605,094 B2Mune Co., Ltd.
- Surgical system with navigation7 Apr 2026US 12,594,127 B2Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Blood draw device having tactile feedback mechanism24 Mar 2026US 12,582,338 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Interstitial Fluid Sampling Device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272348 A1Samplimy Medical AB
- Cannula insertion system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232236 A1Vitestro Holding B.V.
- Apparatus and method for animal blood collection13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232423 A1
- Blood Collection Apparatus and Method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207099 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Blood Draw Device Having Tactile Feedback Mechanism9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191445 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lancing apparatus for producing a puncture wound1,402US 8,002,785 B2Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · 2011
- Method and apparatus for a multi-use body fluid sampling device with analyte sensing793US 7,198,606 B2Pelikan Technologies, Inc. · 2007
- Methods and apparatus for sampling and analyzing body fluid608US 6,099,484 AAmira Medical · 2000
- Method and apparatus for monitoring blood chemistry520US 5,758,643 AVia Medical Corporation · 1998
- Lancing device and method of sample collection455US 6,283,982 B1Facet Technologies, LLC · 2001