A61B 2562/0233
Special features of optical sensors or probes classified in a61b5/00
Official title: Special features of optical sensors or probes classified in A61B5/00
A61B2562/0233 (Special features of optical sensors or probes classified in a61b5/00) appears on 2,497 US grants and 3,603 published applications in this corpus.
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Fiber optic needle probe6 Oct 2026US 12,751,627 B2Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
- Time-of-flight measurement on user with cameras and position sensor6 Oct 2026US 12,751,628 B2Omni Medsci, Inc.
- Wearable medical device29 Sep 2026US 12,745,956 B2Sanofi
- Physiological measurement calibration15 Sep 2026US 12,733,847 B2Masimo Corporation
- Multimodal brain function signal acquisition device and method15 Sep 2026US 12,733,861 B2Kingfar International Inc.
- Vital sign monitoring device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294262 A1ams-OSRAM AG
- Method and apparatus for monitoring peripheral circulation in human limbs by integrating temperature feedback with composite optical measurement techniques24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283477 A1National Cheng Kung University
- Health Management24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283481 A1
- System for monitoring fetal status during childbirth24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283513 A1Heralife Medical, Inc.
- Multimodal probes for tissue interrogation17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272306 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dispensing catheter and method1,832US 4,900,303 A1990
- Tissue interrogating device and methods1,518US 5,769,791 ASextant Medical Corporation · 1998
- Implantable sensor and system for in vivo measurement and control of fluid constituent levels1,362US 6,049,727 AAnimas Corporation · 2000
- Method and apparatus for optical imaging with means for controlling the longitudinal range of the sample1,199US 5,321,501 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1994
- Methods and apparatus for forward-directed optical scanning instruments1,184US 6,485,413 B1The General Hospital Corporation · 2002