A61B 2017/3413
Guided by ultrasound
Official title: {guided by ultrasound}
A61B2017/3413 (Guided by ultrasound) appears on 945 US grants and 1,478 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 945
- Published applications
- 1,478
- Assignees
- 497
- Inventors
- 2,209
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2025 | 88 | 93 |
| 2026 | 51 | 52 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ultrasound visualization device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,688 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Information processing apparatus, ultrasound endoscope, information processing method, and program6 Oct 2026US 12,751,770 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Image guided biopsy needle15 Sep 2026US 12,733,915 B2Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Ultrasonic probe15 Sep 2026US 12,733,953 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Combination ultrasound transducer and fat injecting cannula15 Sep 2026US 12,733,954 B2
- Handheld Penetrative Devices for Treating Pleural Conditions, and Related Methods and Systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306130 A1Creare Inc.
- Systems and methods for endoluminal valve creation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306131 A1InterVene, Inc.
- Systems and methods for ultrasonic guided needle insertion1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294472 A1Kalysto Labs, LLC
- Puncture device, puncture system, operation method of puncture device, and usage method of guidewire1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294477 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Needle guiding system, a needle guide and a method for using the needle guiding system in guiding a needle for needle insertion of a patient24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283642 A1HiCura Medical Pte. Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sterile puncturing device for blood vessels with a non-sterile ultrasound probe, and apparatus for preparing the device1,457US 5,341,810 ASulzer Medizinaltechnik AG · 1994
- Computer controlled guidance of a biopsy needle346US 6,546,279 B1University of Florida · 2003
- Tissue characterization based on impedance images and on impedance measurements325US 6,678,552 B2TransScan Medical Ltd. · 2004
- Device and method for rapid aspiration and collection of body tissue from within an enclosed body space316US 7,462,181 B2STANFORD, Office of Technology Licensing · 2008
- Universal needle guide for ultrasonic transducers283US 5,758,650 ASiemens Medical Systems, Inc. · 1998