A61B 2090/3908
Soft tissue
Official title: {Soft tissue, e.g. breast tissue}
A61B2090/3908 (Soft tissue) appears on 810 US grants and 1,054 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 810
- Published applications
- 1,054
- Assignees
- 286
- Inventors
- 1,269
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 11 |
| 2002 | 22 | 35 |
| 2003 | 18 | 20 |
| 2004 | 21 | 38 |
| 2005 | 8 | 55 |
| 2006 | 11 | 43 |
| 2007 | 9 | 32 |
| 2008 | 15 | 46 |
| 2009 | 23 | 42 |
| 2010 | 24 | 49 |
| 2011 | 28 | 33 |
| 2012 | 42 | 40 |
| 2013 | 35 | 49 |
| 2014 | 32 | 33 |
| 2015 | 33 | 32 |
| 2016 | 21 | 37 |
| 2017 | 32 | 40 |
| 2018 | 21 | 51 |
| 2019 | 34 | 62 |
| 2020 | 30 | 35 |
| 2021 | 45 | 41 |
| 2022 | 48 | 60 |
| 2023 | 35 | 58 |
| 2024 | 50 | 38 |
| 2025 | 44 | 47 |
| 2026 | 34 | 27 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for uterine peristalsis imaging8 Sep 2026US 12,727,813 B2Washington University
- Shape memory marker deployment device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,609 B2Devicor Medical Products, Inc.
- Methods for localizing markers within a body25 Aug 2026US 12,714,328 B2Cianna Medical, Inc.
- Tissue marker25 Aug 2026US 12,714,536 B2Surgmark GmbH
- Ultrasound localization system with advanced biopsy site markers18 Aug 2026US 12,708,454 B2Hologic, Inc.
- Biopsy site marker24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283740 A1Hologic, Inc.
- System and method for local three dimensional volume reconstruction using a standard fluoroscope17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272393 A1Covidien LP
- Adaptive fudicials for mult-modal radiotherapy17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272604 A2IZI Medical Products
- Surgical specimen mapping mechanism17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272606 A1Emet Surgical
- Method of marking lesions17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272607 A1Cook Medical Technologies LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Implantable surgical marker1,541US 5,941,890 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1999
- Medical procedures and apparatus using intrabody probes1,425US 6,332,089 B1Biosense, Inc. · 2001
- Marker element for interstitial treatment and localizing device and method using same1,295US 5,853,366 AKelsey, Inc. · 1998
- Imageable biopsy site marker1,164US 6,996,433 B2SenoRx, Inc. · 2006
- Biopsy marker delivery device1,109US 8,532,747 B2Devicor Medical Products, Inc. · 2013