A61B 2562/02
Details of sensors specially adapted for in-vivo measurements
A61B2562/02 (Details of sensors specially adapted for in-vivo measurements) appears on 16,582 US grants and 25,497 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 25,497
- Assignees
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2021 | 1356 | 2289 |
| 2022 | 1371 | 1967 |
| 2023 | 1497 | 1907 |
| 2024 | 1512 | 1757 |
| 2025 | 1430 | 1500 |
| 2026 | 910 | 991 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 2562/0219Inertial sensorsIndexing code5,546
- A61B 2562/0247Pressure sensorsIndexing code2,936
- A61B 2562/0233Special features of optical sensors or probes classified in a61b5/00Indexing code2,497
- A61B 2562/0209Special features of electrodes classified in a61b5/24, a61b5/25, a61b5/283, a61b5/291, a61b5/296, a61b5/053Indexing code1,862
- A61B 2562/0204Acoustic sensorsIndexing code1,210
- A61B 2562/0271Thermal or temperature sensorsIndexing code1,156
- A61B 2562/0261Strain gaugesIndexing code1,126
- A61B 2562/0223Magnetic field sensorsIndexing code980
All 15 subgroupsShow fewer
- A61B 2562/028Microscale sensorsIndexing code948
- A61B 2562/0295Strip shaped analyte sensors for apparatus classified in a61b5/145 or a61b5/157Indexing code888
- A61B 2562/029Humidity sensorsIndexing code479
- A61B 2562/0257Proximity sensorsIndexing code449
- A61B 2562/0252Load cellsIndexing code447
- A61B 2562/0285Nanoscale sensorsIndexing code282
- A61B 2562/0228Microwave sensorsIndexing code111
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