A61B 2090/378
Using ultrasound
Official title: {using ultrasound}
A61B2090/378 (Using ultrasound) appears on 3,741 US grants and 5,227 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 3,741
- Published applications
- 5,227
- Assignees
- 1,329
- Inventors
- 6,398
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 302 | 303 |
| 2026 | 176 | 163 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- X-ray diagnostic apparatus, x-ray diagnostic system, and x-ray diagnostic method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,771 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Hydrogel-based ultrasonography probe stabilizer29 Sep 2026US 12,746,092 B2Rhode Island Hospital
- Spectroscopic photoacoustic imaging22 Sep 2026US 12,740,713 B2Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Systems and methods for adaptive input mapping22 Sep 2026US 12,740,843 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and control method of ultrasound diagnostic apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,733,910 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Systems and methods for endoluminal valve creation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306131 A1InterVene, Inc.
- System and method for direct augmented reality medical registration8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306189 A1Mediview Xr, Inc.
- Methods and systems for remote distance printing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306236 A1
- Systems and methods for rod insertion planning and rod insertion1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294547 A1Mazor Robotics Ltd.
- Microrobotic platform for endovascular embolization24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283621 A1The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for surgical cutting2,184US 5,697,909 AArthroCare Corporation · 1997
- Surgical stapler having haptic feedback2,183US 8,523,043 B2Immersion Corporation · 2013
- Flexible instrument2,033US 7,090,683 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2006
- Cell necrosis apparatus1,835US 5,843,021 ASomnus Medical Technologies, Inc. · 1998
- Methods using a robotic catheter system1,763US 7,850,642 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2010