A61B 1/0053
Using distributed actuators
Official title: {using distributed actuators, e.g. artificial muscles}
A61B1/0053 (Using distributed actuators) appears on 133 US grants and 190 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 133
- Published applications
- 190
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 268
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 | 2 | 10 |
| 2004 | 4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 8 | 11 |
| 2006 | 5 | 13 |
| 2007 | 0 | 7 |
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| 2009 | 0 | 7 |
| 2010 | 3 | 9 |
| 2011 | 3 | 9 |
| 2012 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 7 | 4 |
| 2014 | 8 | 7 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7 |
| 2016 | 8 | 10 |
| 2017 | 6 | 9 |
| 2018 | 5 | 7 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 |
| 2020 | 6 | 15 |
| 2021 | 6 | 5 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 9 |
| 2026 | 3 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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