A61B 5/6848
Needles
Official title: {Needles}
A61B5/6848 (Needles) appears on 1,425 US grants and 2,157 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,425
- Published applications
- 2,157
- Assignees
- 501
- Inventors
- 2,556
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 84 | 147 |
| 2024 | 91 | 140 |
| 2025 | 89 | 112 |
| 2026 | 75 | 73 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Fiber optic needle probe6 Oct 2026US 12,751,627 B2Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
- Safety unit for analyte sensor22 Sep 2026US 12,740,731 B2Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
- Analyte sensor device22 Sep 2026US D1,149,048 S1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. · Design
- Model based variable risk false glucose threshold alarm prevention mechanism8 Sep 2026US 12,727,833 B2Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Methods, systems, and devices for calibration and optimization of glucose sensors and sensor output1 Sep 2026US 12,721,556 B2Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
- Continuous blood glucose measurement apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305987 A1I-Sens, Inc.
- Methods for needle alignment for wearable biosensors8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305992 A1DexCom, Inc.
- Insertion device assembly for inserting analyte monitoring device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294285 A1Sd Biosensor, Inc.
- Applicator for inserting an in vivo analyte sensor24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283556 A1Shenzhen Savorcare Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
- Devices, systems, and methods for analyte sensing24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283646 A1Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Closed loop system for controlling insulin infusion2,417US 6,558,351 B1Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2003
- Analyte-controlled liquid delivery device and analyte monitor2,000US 5,800,420 AElan Medical Technologies Limited · 1998
- Telemetered characteristic monitor system and method of using the same1,933US 6,809,653 B1Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2004
- Transcutaneous sensor insertion set1,869US 5,390,671 AMiniMed Inc. · 1995
- Analyte-controlled liquid delivery device and analyte monitor1,860US 5,807,375 AElan Medical Technologies Limited · 1998