A61B 5/151
Devices specially adapted for taking samples of capillary blood
Official title: {Devices} specially adapted for taking samples of capillary blood, e.g. by lancets {, needles or blades}
A61B5/151 (Devices specially adapted for taking samples of capillary blood) appears on 2,082 US grants and 2,706 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,082
- Published applications
- 2,706
- Assignees
- 544
- Inventors
- 2,726
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 42 | 61 |
| 2025 | 38 | 43 |
| 2026 | 31 | 34 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 5/15101Details1,716
- A61B 5/15186Devices loaded with a single lancet, i.e. a single lancet with or1,040
- A61B 5/15142Devices intended for single use, i.e. disposable633
- A61B 5/15146Devices loaded with multiple lancets simultaneously444
- A61B 5/15134Bladeless capillary blood sampling devices, i.e. devices for perforating the skin in115
Recent patents
- Blood draw device with anti-buckling feature6 Oct 2026US 12,751,654 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- 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
- Analyte sensor device22 Sep 2026US D1,149,048 S1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. · Design
- Lancing device utilizing tail handle to load and adjust depth18 Aug 2026US 12,708,300 B2Sterilance Medical (Suzhou) Inc.
- High-volume bodily fluid collection devices and related systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305994 A1Tasso, Inc.
- Applicator for continuous blood glucose measurement device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294290 A1I-Sens, Inc.
- Applicator for continuous blood glucose measurement device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272337 A1I-Sens, Inc.
- Interstitial Fluid Sampling Device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272348 A1Samplimy Medical AB
- Infant lancet assembly10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262978 A1Asahi Polyslider Company, Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of using a small volume in vitro analyte sensor1,793US 6,120,676 ATheraSense, Inc. · 2000
- Small volume in vitro analyte sensor1,656US 6,143,164 AE. Heller & Company · 2000
- Small volume in vitro analyte sensor with diffusible or non-leachable redox mediator1,613US 6,591,125 B1TheraSense, Inc. · 2003
- Lancing apparatus for producing a puncture wound1,402US 8,002,785 B2Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · 2011
- Medical diagnostic system1,313US 5,279,294 ACascade Medical, Inc. · 1994