A61B 2090/0427
Prevention of contact
Official title: {Prevention of contact}
A61B2090/0427 (Prevention of contact) appears on 116 US grants and 186 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 116
- Published applications
- 186
- Assignees
- 95
- Inventors
- 300
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 7 |
| 2012 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8 |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4 | 9 |
| 2018 | 5 | 11 |
| 2019 | 8 | 19 |
| 2020 | 10 | 11 |
| 2021 | 13 | 17 |
| 2022 | 10 | 14 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | 23 |
| 2025 | 12 | 14 |
| 2026 | 7 | 5 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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