A61B 5/0086
Using infrared radiation
Official title: {using infrared radiation}
A61B5/0086 (Using infrared radiation) appears on 825 US grants and 1,120 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 825
- Published applications
- 1,120
- Assignees
- 490
- Inventors
- 1,823
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 4 |
| 2002 | 5 | 18 |
| 2003 | 11 | 21 |
| 2004 | 16 | 27 |
| 2005 | 12 | 21 |
| 2006 | 12 | 36 |
| 2007 | 14 | 42 |
| 2008 | 16 | 60 |
| 2009 | 10 | 40 |
| 2010 | 12 | 53 |
| 2011 | 26 | 52 |
| 2012 | 40 | 38 |
| 2013 | 35 | 28 |
| 2014 | 44 | 58 |
| 2015 | 39 | 55 |
| 2016 | 29 | 46 |
| 2017 | 43 | 65 |
| 2018 | 38 | 57 |
| 2019 | 52 | 57 |
| 2020 | 57 | 79 |
| 2021 | 27 | 60 |
| 2022 | 47 | 49 |
| 2023 | 51 | 53 |
| 2024 | 53 | 44 |
| 2025 | 43 | 39 |
| 2026 | 23 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Time-of-flight measurement on user with cameras and position sensor6 Oct 2026US 12,751,628 B2Omni Medsci, Inc.
- Infrared otoscope for characterization of effusion15 Sep 2026US 12,733,814 B2OtoNexus Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Remote sensing system with time-of-flight sensor, active illuminator and light sensing system1 Sep 2026US 12,721,527 B2Omni Medsci, Inc.
- In-ear functional near-infrared spectroscopy for cognitive load estimation25 Aug 2026US 12,714,342 B2Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- System for manufacturing coverings for anatomical surfaces18 Aug 2026US 12,712,056 B2H3Alth Technologies 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
- Systems and methods for single-sensor visible-light and swir imaging10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262943 A1Cision Vision, Inc.
- Combined fluorescence and laser speckle contrast imaging system and applications of same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262995 A1Vanderbiltuniversity
- Device and method implemented by computer for the measurement of endouterine parameters6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224160 A1Proxenia S.R.L.
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