A61B 2562/18
Shielding or protection of sensors from environmental influences
Official title: Shielding or protection of sensors from environmental influences, e.g. protection from mechanical damage
A61B2562/18 (Shielding or protection of sensors from environmental influences) appears on 957 US grants and 1,502 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 957
- Published applications
- 1,502
- Assignees
- 682
- Inventors
- 2,839
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2006 | 4 | 44 |
| 2007 | 4 | 18 |
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| 2010 | 18 | 32 |
| 2011 | 14 | 29 |
| 2012 | 28 | 39 |
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| 2017 | 35 | 79 |
| 2018 | 43 | 77 |
| 2019 | 61 | 86 |
| 2020 | 77 | 127 |
| 2021 | 72 | 156 |
| 2022 | 93 | 98 |
| 2023 | 70 | 121 |
| 2024 | 74 | 105 |
| 2025 | 87 | 101 |
| 2026 | 64 | 76 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Wearable medical module for wound treatment, imaging, monitoring and analysis based on images of wound6 Oct 2026US 12,751,663 B2Preh Holdings, LLC
- Magnetic field nulling6 Oct 2026US 12,755,881 B2Shimadzu Corporation
- Determining a biopotential of deep layer muscles22 Sep 2026US 12,740,736 B2Delsys Incorporated
- Device for measuring periodic vital signals emitted by an individual, associated with a safety apparatus of a vehicle22 Sep 2026US 12,740,751 B2Wormsensing
- Cable routing and assemblies for medical device handles15 Sep 2026US 12,733,908 B2NuVera Medical, Inc.
- Medical probe buffer for buffering a measured physiological signal1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294309 A1Sencure BV
- Viscoelastic Foam Sensor Mount1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294343 A1iRhythm Technologies, Inc.
- Reflective optical sensor24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283510 A1Dexerials Corporation
- Article and sensor system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272384 A1Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
- Camera head for endoscopic electrosurgical procedures10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262924 A1Odysight.Ai Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optimized sensor geometry for an implantable glucose sensor1,306US 7,134,999 B2DexCom, Inc. · 2006
- Photodiode detector with integrated noise shielding1,237US 6,184,521 B2Masimo Corporation · 2001
- Flex circuit shielded optical sensor1,182US 6,985,764 B2Masimo Corporation · 2006
- Methods and systems for inserting a transcutaneous analyte sensor1,167US 7,310,544 B2DexCom, Inc. · 2007
- Low noise optical housing1,132US 7,096,054 B2Masimo Corporation · 2006