A61B 2562/0266
Optical strain gauges
A61B2562/0266 (Optical strain gauges) appears on 234 US grants and 338 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 234
- Published applications
- 338
- Assignees
- 151
- Inventors
- 607
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 20 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Stress and displacement sensors and methods of sensing29 Sep 2026US 12,748,002 B2University of Oregon
- Wearable device for monitoring fluid overload with built-in sensors11 Aug 2026US 12,702,355 B2Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Apparatus, methods and computer-accessible media for in situ three-dimensional reconstruction of luminal structures4 Aug 2026US 12,697,059 B2The General Hospital Corporation
- Conductor incorporated fiber enabled medical systems21 Jul 2026US 12,685,595 B2Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Compact force sensor for catheters7 Jul 2026US 12,672,827 B2St. Jude Medical International Holding S.à r. l.
- Fiber bragg grating for endoscopes8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305915 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Surgical instrument17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272490 A1
- Forceps construction, surgical instrument and surgical instrument comprising such forceps construction17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272491 A1EFI Holding B.V.
- Fiber Optic Medical Systems and Devices with Electrical Tip27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248455 A1Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Composite catheter with dual functions of ultrasound imaging and fractional blood pressure measurement13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232208 A1The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Force and torque sensing for surgical instruments1,174US 8,945,095 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2015
- Multi-force sensing surgical instrument and method of use for robotic surgical systems241US 9,549,781 B2The Johns Hopkins University · 2017
- Fiber optic interferometric vital sign monitor for use in magnetic resonance imaging, confined care facilities and in-hospital231US 6,816,266 B22004
- Apparatus and method for reducing the risk of decubitus ulcers211US 6,646,556 B1Bed-Check Corporation · 2003
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