A61B 2562/162
Capsule shaped sensor housings
Official title: Capsule shaped sensor housings, e.g. for swallowing or implantation
A61B2562/162 (Capsule shaped sensor housings) appears on 205 US grants and 363 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for capturing and transmitting biometric data22 Sep 2026US 12,740,716 B1Nexa Labs Inc.
- Gastric resident electronics8 Sep 2026US 12,727,827 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Monitoring and treatment of injuries using wearable devices25 Aug 2026US 12,714,364 B2The Johns Hopkins University
- Biosensors for the gastrointestinal tract4 Aug 2026US 12,697,044 B2Enterasense Limited
- Ingestible electrochemical sensor4 Aug 2026US 12,697,060 B2Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
- System and method for capturing and transmitting biometric data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305955 A1Nexa Labs Inc.
- Gut-sampling capsule with lateral opening and multiple sampling compartments8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306076 A1
- In-line fluid monitor27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248454 A1University of Central Oklahoma
- Method, computer program product, analysis device, and system for identifying and localizing an unhealthy gut state in a gastrointestinal tract4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151047 A1Stichting IMEC Nederland
- Implantable medical device antenna4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151636 A1Medtronic, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Capsule and method for treating or diagnosing the intestinal tract334US 7,160,258 B2Entrack, Inc. · 2007
- Ingestible tracking and locating device121US 7,554,452 B22009
- Medication compliance system and associated methods112US 7,796,043 B22010
- Apparatus and methods for wireless communication via electrical pulses conducted by the interstitial tissues of the body for an active implantable medical device103US 8,447,412 B2Sorin Crm SAS · 2013
- Communication system with partial power source93US 7,978,064 B2Proteus Biomedical, Inc. · 2011