A61B 2560/02
Operational features
A61B2560/02 (Operational features) appears on 10,034 US grants and 15,432 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 10,034
- Published applications
- 15,432
- Assignees
- 4,160
- Inventors
- 22,559
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 869 | 886 |
| 2026 | 422 | 585 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 2560/0204Of power managementIndexing code4,135
- A61B 2560/0223Of calibrationIndexing code2,748
- A61B 2560/0242Adapted to measure environmental factorsIndexing code2,627
- A61B 2560/0266For monitoring or limiting apparatus functionIndexing code1,504
- A61B 2560/029Adapted for auto-initiationIndexing code115
- A61B 2560/0295Adapted for recording user messages or annotationsIndexing code92
Recent patents
- Biometric information measuring device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,633 B2Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
- Blood flow restriction systems having wireless monitoring and control6 Oct 2026US 12,751,635 B2Smart Tools Plus, LLC
- Intravascular pressure and flow data diagnostic systems, devices, and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,638 B2St. Jude Medical Coordination Center Bvba
- Device and method for monitoring thoracic and abdominal breathing patterns6 Oct 2026US 12,751,642 B2Guangzhou Medical University
- Posturographic evaluation apparatus and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,647 B2Centro Di Fisioterapia Di Cecilia Surace & C. S.A.S.
- System for associating device data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305943 A1Stryker Corporation
- Implantable pressure sensor system for measurement and wireless transmission of internal pressures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305953 A1Qura, Inc.
- System and method for capturing and transmitting biometric data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305955 A1Nexa Labs Inc.
- Measuring intracranial pressure using a cerebrospinal fluid shunt device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305967 A1Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
- Systems and methods for personalized breath based glycemic monitoring and projected a1c trend estimation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305975 A1PreEvnt, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Analyte monitoring device and methods of use2,634US 6,175,752 B1TheraSense, Inc. · 2001
- Handheld personal data assistant (PDA) with a medical device and method of using the same2,420US 6,641,533 B2Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2003
- Limited use medical probe2,284US 7,048,687 B1OB Scientific, Inc. · 2006
- Handheld personal data assistant (PDA) with a medical device and method of using the same2,273US 6,558,320 B1Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2003
- Staple cartridge tissue thickness sensor system2,154US 9,345,481 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016