A61B 5/0075
By spectroscopy, i.e. measuring spectra
Official title: {by spectroscopy, i.e. measuring spectra, e.g. Raman spectroscopy, infrared absorption spectroscopy (A61B5/0071 takes precedence)}
A61B5/0075 (By spectroscopy, i.e. measuring spectra) appears on 3,284 US grants and 4,920 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 179 | 189 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Hyperspectral Image-Guided Ocular Imager for Alzheimer's Disease Pathologies1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294329 A1Retispec Inc.
- Terahertz scanning system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294344 A1University of Warwick
- Spectrometer device for obtaining spectroscopic information on at least one object1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298810 A1Trinamix GmbH
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By later US patents
- Device for seeking an area of interest within a body1,661US 5,188,111 ACatheter Research, Inc. · 1993
- Tissue interrogating device and methods1,518US 5,769,791 ASextant Medical Corporation · 1998
- Surgical instruments with sensors for detecting tissue properties, and system using such instruments1,374US 9,204,830 B2Surgisense Corporation · 2015
- Sensing adjunct for surgical staplers1,323US 8,118,206 B2Surgisense Corporation · 2012
- Optical hydrology arrays and system and method for monitoring water displacement during treatment of patient tissue1,240US 8,961,504 B2Covidien LP · 2015