A61B 2560/0266
For monitoring or limiting apparatus function
Official title: for monitoring or limiting apparatus function
A61B2560/0266 (For monitoring or limiting apparatus function) appears on 1,504 US grants and 2,156 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,504
- Published applications
- 2,156
- Assignees
- 719
- Inventors
- 3,610
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 6 |
| 2002 | 18 | 28 |
| 2003 | 30 | 42 |
| 2004 | 16 | 39 |
| 2005 | 18 | 40 |
| 2006 | 20 | 57 |
| 2007 | 32 | 58 |
| 2008 | 16 | 62 |
| 2009 | 15 | 57 |
| 2010 | 19 | 67 |
| 2011 | 40 | 78 |
| 2012 | 45 | 75 |
| 2013 | 56 | 75 |
| 2014 | 71 | 101 |
| 2015 | 62 | 111 |
| 2016 | 70 | 105 |
| 2017 | 100 | 115 |
| 2018 | 83 | 98 |
| 2019 | 108 | 132 |
| 2020 | 82 | 117 |
| 2021 | 89 | 119 |
| 2022 | 98 | 156 |
| 2023 | 98 | 141 |
| 2024 | 93 | 115 |
| 2025 | 113 | 106 |
| 2026 | 42 | 56 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for fault reaction mechanisms for medical robotic systems6 Oct 2026US 12,751,772 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Surgical vessel closing pressure device29 Sep 2026US 12,745,995 B2Catheter Precision, Inc.
- Disposable electronic thermometer15 Sep 2026US 12,733,818 B2Amosense Co., Ltd.
- Method for manufacturing microneedle biosensors25 Aug 2026US 12,714,334 B2One Health Biosensing Inc.
- Integrated AI-powered adaptive robotic surgery system25 Aug 2026US 12,714,520 B2
- Method and apparatus for providing data processing and control in medical communication system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305986 A1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Electrocardiography patch8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306001 A1Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.
- Somnography system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294276 A1Oxlantic Medical AB
- Device and system for therapeutic or diagnostic illumination of intracorporeal parts of a body17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272304 A1
- Systems and methods for monitoring body orientation of a subject17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272329 A1Growth Armor, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Interlock and surgical instrument including same1,814US 8,632,535 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Surgical instrument with wireless communication between control unit and sensor transponders1,743US 8,652,120 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014