A61B 5/15171
Characterized by propelling the piercing element perpendicular to the direction of movement
Official title: {Characterized by propelling the piercing element perpendicular to the direction of movement of the strip}
A61B5/15171 (Characterized by propelling the piercing element perpendicular to the direction of movement) appears on 153 US grants and 175 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 153
- Published applications
- 175
- Assignees
- 19
- Inventors
- 108
- Latest grant
- 7 Oct 2025
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 25 |
| 2004 | 0 | 8 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 16 |
| 2007 | 9 | 31 |
| 2008 | 5 | 15 |
| 2009 | 7 | 19 |
| 2010 | 12 | 10 |
| 2011 | 20 | 8 |
| 2012 | 22 | 17 |
| 2013 | 22 | 6 |
| 2014 | 16 | 8 |
| 2015 | 12 | 5 |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 |
| 2017 | 7 | 1 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
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- Puncturing system and lancet carrier tape23 Jul 2019US 10,357,193 B2Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
- Lancing device for obtaining samples of body fluid4 Dec 2018US 10,143,407 B2Gerresheimer Regensburg GmbH
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- Lancet needle with alignment and retention notch16 Jul 2020US 2020/0221988 A1Facet Technologies, LLC
- Blood lancet with hygienic tip protection14 Jun 2018US 2018/0160957 A1Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
- Puncturing system and lancet carrier tape16 Feb 2017US 2017/0042458 A1Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
- Methods and apparatus for lancet actuation12 May 2016US 2016/0129204 A1Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
- Lancing Device for Obtaining Samples of Body Fluid5 Nov 2015US 2015/0313514 A1Gerresheimer Regensburg GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tissue penetration device1,208US 7,025,774 B2Pelikan Technologies, Inc. · 2006
- Method and apparatus for a multi-use body fluid sampling device with analyte sensing793US 7,198,606 B2Pelikan Technologies, Inc. · 2007
- Sampling module device and method756US 7,041,068 B2Pelikan Technologies, Inc. · 2006
- Portable interstitial fluid monitoring system399US 6,591,124 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2003
- Method and apparatus for body fluid sampling with improved sensing321US 7,297,151 B2Elikan Technologies, Inc. · 2007