A61B 5/00
Measuring for diagnostic purposes
Official title: Measuring for diagnostic purposes (radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00); Identification of persons
A61B5/00 (Measuring for diagnostic purposes) appears on 115,646 US grants and 160,608 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 115,646
- Published applications
- 160,608
- Assignees
- 28,697
- Inventors
- 181,900
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 288 | 0 |
| 1977 | 240 | 0 |
| 1978 | 258 | 0 |
| 1979 | 213 | 0 |
| 1980 | 315 | 0 |
| 1981 | 334 | 0 |
| 1982 | 259 | 0 |
| 1983 | 246 | 0 |
| 1984 | 267 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 657 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1069 | 0 |
| 1999 | 942 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1127 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1159 | 456 |
| 2002 | 1317 | 1742 |
| 2003 | 1454 | 2167 |
| 2004 | 1204 | 2700 |
| 2005 | 1119 | 2958 |
| 2006 | 1287 | 3290 |
| 2007 | 1344 | 3678 |
| 2008 | 1306 | 4243 |
| 2009 | 1446 | 4561 |
| 2010 | 2204 | 5288 |
| 2011 | 2654 | 4852 |
| 2012 | 3364 | 5027 |
| 2013 | 4016 | 5791 |
| 2014 | 4467 | 7422 |
| 2015 | 4307 | 7397 |
| 2016 | 4624 | 8179 |
| 2017 | 5543 | 8824 |
| 2018 | 5484 | 8954 |
| 2019 | 7350 | 9880 |
| 2020 | 7290 | 10030 |
| 2021 | 7145 | 10331 |
| 2022 | 7124 | 9927 |
| 2023 | 7001 | 9662 |
| 2024 | 7147 | 9399 |
| 2025 | 7086 | 8102 |
| 2026 | 4777 | 5748 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 5/68Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means36,918
- A61B 5/02Detecting, measuring or recording for evaluating the cardiovascular system28,315
- A61B 5/72Signal processing specially adapted for physiological signals or for diagnostic purposes27,171
- A61B 5/103Measuring devices for testing the shape, pattern, colour, size or movement of23,241
- A61B 5/24Detecting, measuring or recording bioelectric or biomagnetic signals of the body or22,529
- A61B 5/145Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo22,231
- A61B 5/48Measuring for diagnostic purposes: other medical applications20,471
- A61B 5/0002Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry19,486
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- A61B 5/74Details of notification to user or communication with user or patient17,297
- A61B 5/0059Measuring for diagnostic purposes: using light16,312
- A61B 5/05Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or14,012
- A61B 5/08Measuring devices for evaluating the respiratory organs10,164
- A61B 5/01Measuring temperature of body parts6,630
- A61B 5/40Detecting, measuring or recording for evaluating the nervous system6,086
- A61B 5/06Devices, other than using radiation, for detecting or locating foreign bodies5,707
- A61B 5/16Devices for psychotechnics5,694
- A61B 5/0033Features or image-related aspects of imaging apparatus5,177
- A61B 5/15Devices for taking samples of blood5,139
- A61B 5/45Measuring for diagnostic purposes: for evaluating or diagnosing the musculoskeletal system or4,640
- A61B 5/44Detecting, measuring or recording for evaluating the integumentary system3,378
- A61B 5/41Detecting, measuring or recording for evaluating the immune or lymphatic systems3,129
- A61B 5/117Identification of persons2,424
- A61B 5/42Detecting, measuring or recording for evaluating the gastrointestinal, the endocrine or the2,268
- A61B 5/43Detecting, measuring or recording for evaluating the reproductive systems2,087
- A61B 5/70Means for positioning the patient in relation to the detecting, measuring or2,043
- A61B 5/03Measuring fluid pressure within the body other than blood pressure1,911
- A61B 5/07Endoradiosondes1,787
- A61B 5/22Ergometry1,702
- A61B 5/20Measuring for diagnostic purposes: for measuring urological functions restricted to the evaluation1,417
- A61B 5/0093Detecting, measuring or recording by applying one single type of energy and1,384
- A61B 5/0048Detecting, measuring or recording by applying mechanical forces or stimuli1,175
- A61B 5/14Devices for taking samples of blood1,139
- A61B 5/12Audiometering1,103
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