A61B 5/0082
Adapted for particular medical purposes
Official title: {adapted for particular medical purposes}
A61B5/0082 (Adapted for particular medical purposes) appears on 5,601 US grants and 7,958 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 5,601
- Published applications
- 7,958
- Assignees
- 2,194
- Inventors
- 10,950
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 15 | 0 |
| 1992 | 16 | 0 |
| 1993 | 16 | 0 |
| 1994 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | 22 | 0 |
| 1996 | 15 | 0 |
| 1997 | 23 | 0 |
| 1998 | 53 | 0 |
| 1999 | 47 | 0 |
| 2000 | 61 | 0 |
| 2001 | 75 | 27 |
| 2002 | 69 | 115 |
| 2003 | 71 | 107 |
| 2004 | 59 | 149 |
| 2005 | 68 | 128 |
| 2006 | 44 | 148 |
| 2007 | 72 | 209 |
| 2008 | 61 | 246 |
| 2009 | 72 | 229 |
| 2010 | 115 | 339 |
| 2011 | 139 | 249 |
| 2012 | 182 | 238 |
| 2013 | 215 | 359 |
| 2014 | 231 | 465 |
| 2015 | 250 | 474 |
| 2016 | 246 | 383 |
| 2017 | 294 | 426 |
| 2018 | 265 | 449 |
| 2019 | 361 | 470 |
| 2020 | 386 | 465 |
| 2021 | 338 | 469 |
| 2022 | 352 | 420 |
| 2023 | 343 | 422 |
| 2024 | 383 | 402 |
| 2025 | 319 | 357 |
| 2026 | 233 | 213 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for identifying a region of a tumour6 Oct 2026US 12,751,626 B2Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
- Fiber optic needle probe6 Oct 2026US 12,751,627 B2Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
- Time-of-flight measurement on user with cameras and position sensor6 Oct 2026US 12,751,628 B2Omni Medsci, Inc.
- System and method for detecting recurrence of a disease6 Oct 2026US 12,751,629 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Method and apparatus for measuring intravascular blood flow using a backscattering contrast6 Oct 2026US 12,751,639 B2The General Hospital Corporation
- Oral care mode determination device, oral care mode determination method, and recording medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305810 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for medical procedures using optical coherence tomography sensing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305944 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Technologies For Three-Dimensional Spectroscopic Imaging Of Tissue Properties8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305948 A1Colgate-Palmolive Company
- System and method for instant and automatic border detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305950 A1Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
- System and method for instant and automatic border detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305951 A1Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flexible instrument2,033US 7,090,683 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2006
- Device for seeking an area of interest within a body1,661US 5,188,111 ACatheter Research, Inc. · 1993
- Flexible instrument1,588US 7,371,210 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical instrument1,559US 6,843,793 B2endoVia Medical, Inc. · 2005
- Tissue interrogating device and methods1,518US 5,769,791 ASextant Medical Corporation · 1998