A61M 5/427
Locating point where body is to be pierced
Official title: {Locating point where body is to be pierced, e.g. vein location means using ultrasonic waves, injection site templates}
A61M5/427 (Locating point where body is to be pierced) appears on 488 US grants and 726 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Intranodal needle and method of using the same29 Sep 2026US 12,746,346 B2
- Injectable administration compliance platform29 Sep 2026US 12,746,347 B2Datadose, LLC
- Device for detecting and illuminating the vasculature using an FPGA22 Sep 2026US 12,740,747 B2AccuVein, Inc.
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- Multi-station robotic ocular drug delivery device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224397 A1Alcon Inc.
- Medical device, extracorporeal unit, and power transmission sheet30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216451 A1Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
- Medical instrument and medical device23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207911 A1Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
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- Device for orienting appliances, prostheses, and instrumentation in medical procedures and methods of making same335US 5,098,383 AArtifax Ltd. · 1992
- Tumor treatment315US 6,083,148 AProxima Therapeutics, Inc. · 2000
- Device for locating a port on a medical implant292US 5,758,667 ASiemens Elema AB · 1998
- Subcutaneous delivery device264US 4,784,646 A1988