A61B 2034/2048
Using an accelerometer or inertia sensor
Official title: {using an accelerometer or inertia sensor}
A61B2034/2048 (Using an accelerometer or inertia sensor) appears on 1,770 US grants and 2,788 published applications in this corpus.
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 166 | 164 |
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