A61B 2560/028
Arrangements to prevent overuse
Official title: Arrangements to prevent overuse, e.g. by counting the number of uses
A61B2560/028 (Arrangements to prevent overuse) appears on 280 US grants and 429 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 280
- Published applications
- 429
- Assignees
- 193
- Inventors
- 711
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 11 |
| 2007 | 2 | 9 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 6 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 |
| 2012 | 7 | 12 |
| 2013 | 5 | 11 |
| 2014 | 9 | 22 |
| 2015 | 11 | 28 |
| 2016 | 8 | 22 |
| 2017 | 17 | 27 |
| 2018 | 17 | 19 |
| 2019 | 17 | 23 |
| 2020 | 15 | 34 |
| 2021 | 19 | 36 |
| 2022 | 24 | 45 |
| 2023 | 28 | 36 |
| 2024 | 27 | 31 |
| 2025 | 32 | 29 |
| 2026 | 13 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Surgical vessel closing pressure device29 Sep 2026US 12,745,995 B2Catheter Precision, Inc.
- Disposable electronic thermometer15 Sep 2026US 12,733,818 B2Amosense Co., Ltd.
- Catalytic reactive oxygen species scavenger hydrogel28 Jul 2026US 12,690,786 B2Senseonics, Incorporated
- End of life detection for analyte sensors23 Jun 2026US 12,663,411 B2DexCom, Inc.
- Surgical vessel closing pressure device12 May 2026US 12,622,686 B2Catheter Precision, Inc.
- Somnography system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294276 A1Oxlantic Medical AB
- Methods and apparatuses for providing adverse condition notification with enhanced wireless communication range in analyte monitoring systems30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215741 A1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Systems, devices, and methods for analyte monitoring23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207086 A1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Physiological characteristic sensor system30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114759 A1Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
- Sensor applicator assembly for continuous glucose monitoring system30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114810 A1I-Sens, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for indicating the expiration of the useful operating life of a pulse oximetry sensor1,162US 6,515,273 B2Masimo Corporation · 2003
- Systems and methods for indicating an amount of use of a sensor1,128US 6,861,639 B2Masimo Corporation · 2005
- Patient monitor capable of monitoring the quality of attached probes and accessories1,049US 8,255,026 B1Masimo Corporation · 2012
- Amount of use tracking device and method for medical product1,039US 7,186,966 B2Masimo Corporation · 2007
- Analyte sensor984US 7,640,048 B2DexCom, Inc. · 2009