A61B 2562/0257
Proximity sensors
A61B2562/0257 (Proximity sensors) appears on 449 US grants and 657 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 449
- Published applications
- 657
- Assignees
- 329
- Inventors
- 1,335
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 49 | 48 |
| 2025 | 46 | 35 |
| 2026 | 16 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for writing into the memory of an active medical device implantable by telemetry6 Oct 2026US 12,751,622 B2Sorin Crm SAS
- End effector drive mechanisms for surgical instruments such as for use in robotic surgical systems15 Sep 2026US 12,734,001 B2Covidien LP
- Intraoperative endoscope cleaning system1 Sep 2026US 12,721,511 B2Bayou Surgical, Inc.
- Endoscope control system11 Aug 2026US 12,702,267 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Surgical robotic arm with proximity skin sensing11 Aug 2026US 12,702,503 B2Orthosoft Ulc
- Information processing apparatus, information processing method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with executable information processing program stored thereon, and information processing system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256418 A1Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- Method for detecting body feature parameter by radar based on local computing and apparatus therefor20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240444 A1Guangdong AI Touch Technology Co., Ltd.
- Bed configured to detect sleeper position20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240491 A1Sleep Number Corporation
- A skin detection and operation robot system with external pressure detection function13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232259 A1Beijing Tashan Technology Co., Ltd.
- Ingestible device, a system and a method for analysis of the gastrointestinal tract and a wearable device for localization of an ingestible device25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174390 A1Stichting IMEC Nederland
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multiple sensors with one sensor affecting a second sensor's output or interpretation1,559US 9,757,128 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Multiple motor control for powered medical device1,555US 9,788,836 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Adjunct with integrated sensors to quantify tissue compression1,540US 9,724,094 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Monitoring device degradation based on component evaluation1,519US 9,737,301 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Polarity of hall magnet to identify cartridge type1,445US 10,016,199 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2018