A61B 5/0084
For introduction into the body
Official title: {for introduction into the body, e.g. by catheters (A61B5/1459 takes precedence)}
A61B5/0084 (For introduction into the body) appears on 3,583 US grants and 4,921 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 3,583
- Published applications
- 4,921
- Assignees
- 1,359
- Inventors
- 6,685
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 37 | 0 |
| 2001 | 35 | 19 |
| 2002 | 49 | 92 |
| 2003 | 51 | 75 |
| 2004 | 45 | 100 |
| 2005 | 47 | 95 |
| 2006 | 30 | 108 |
| 2007 | 55 | 161 |
| 2008 | 47 | 177 |
| 2009 | 51 | 170 |
| 2010 | 76 | 242 |
| 2011 | 96 | 178 |
| 2012 | 134 | 179 |
| 2013 | 145 | 199 |
| 2014 | 182 | 325 |
| 2015 | 179 | 327 |
| 2016 | 159 | 232 |
| 2017 | 197 | 273 |
| 2018 | 175 | 272 |
| 2019 | 226 | 265 |
| 2020 | 245 | 266 |
| 2021 | 205 | 234 |
| 2022 | 209 | 217 |
| 2023 | 202 | 234 |
| 2024 | 213 | 194 |
| 2025 | 172 | 181 |
| 2026 | 128 | 106 |
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.
- Method and apparatus for measuring intravascular blood flow using a backscattering contrast6 Oct 2026US 12,751,639 B2The General Hospital Corporation
- Spectroscopic photoacoustic imaging22 Sep 2026US 12,740,713 B2Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Systems and methods for medical procedures using optical coherence tomography sensing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305944 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- 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
- Drive unit, diagnostic imaging apparatus, and operation method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306058 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method of employing a medical apparatus with translatable imaging device for real-time confirmation of interception of target tissue24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283593 A1Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.
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