A61B 10/0041
Detection of breast cancer
Official title: {Detection of breast cancer (mammography by transillumination A61B5/0091, by X-rays A61B6/502, by ultrasonic means A61B8/0825)}
A61B10/0041 (Detection of breast cancer) appears on 308 US grants and 451 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 308
- Published applications
- 451
- Assignees
- 190
- Inventors
- 721
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Medical apparatus for x-ray analysis having movable support for breast25 Aug 2026US 12,714,381 B2Ims Giotto S.P.A.
- Computer assisted molecular imaging methods and systems14 Jul 2026US 12,678,116 B2Smart Breast Corporation
- Surgical instrument and surgical system30 Jun 2026US 12,667,346 B2Stichting Het Nederlands Kanker Instituut - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis
- Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry (“REIMS”) and desorption electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (“DESI-MS”) analysis of swabs and biopsy samples2 Jun 2026US 12,646,702 B2Micromass UK Limited
- Method and eyewear apparatus for lower visual field obstruction19 May 2026US 12,629,282 B1
- A programmable, battery-less, autonomous and biodegradable smart dust particle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294293 A1Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
- Biopsy site marker24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283740 A1Hologic, Inc.
- Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry ("reims") and desorption electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry ("desi-ms") analysis of swabs and biopsy samples10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269206 A1Micromass UK Limited
- Device and method for determining a value quantifyng a risk of relapse of breast cancer for a patient20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245738 A1Spotlight Medical
- Ultra-wideband and multi-angle microwave imaging for early detection of breast cancer30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215727 A1Breast Cancer Em Systems (Bcems) Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Excisional biopsy devices and methods436US 6,863,676 B2Rubicor Medical, Inc. · 2005
- MRI biopsy device372US 7,708,751 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Excisional biopsy devices and methods343US 6,689,145 B2Rubicor Medical, Inc. · 2004
- Biopsy device294US 6,899,685 B2Acueity, Inc. · 2005
- Device for biopsy and treatment of breast tumors259US 6,494,844 B1Sanarus Medical, Inc. · 2002