A61B 5/0095
By applying light and detecting acoustic waves, i.e. photoacoustic measurements
Official title: {by applying light and detecting acoustic waves, i.e. photoacoustic measurements}
A61B5/0095 (By applying light and detecting acoustic waves, i.e. photoacoustic measurements) appears on 1,174 US grants and 2,055 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,174
- Published applications
- 2,055
- Assignees
- 436
- Inventors
- 2,231
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2019 | 135 | 164 |
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| 2024 | 77 | 90 |
| 2025 | 71 | 91 |
| 2026 | 56 | 52 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Multispectral photoacoustic devices6 Oct 2026US 12,751,630 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Photoacoustic sensor using micromachined ultrasonic transducers6 Oct 2026US 12,751,631 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Method of removing EMI noise from photoacoustic sensing signal and photoacoustic sensing apparatus employing the same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,670 B2Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Spectroscopic photoacoustic imaging22 Sep 2026US 12,740,713 B2Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Method and apparatus having photoacoustic patch with sphygmometer for automated blood pressure monitoring22 Sep 2026US 12,740,714 B2The Johns Hopkins University
- Systems and methods for opto-acoustic image reconstruction with multiple acquisitions1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301277 A1
- Photoacoustic devices and systems17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272307 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Photoacoustic detecting device for measuring a parameter of interest in a medium10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262946 A1Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Laser output calibration system for an optoacoustic probe10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262947 A1Seno Medical Instruments, Inc.
- Dual frequency comb portable photoacoustic imaging device for non-invasive medical imaging and associated methods10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262948 A1Honeywell International Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vasculature and lymphatic system imaging and ablation associated with a reservoir1,082US 8,285,367 B2The Invention Science Fund I, LLC · 2012
- Diagnosis, removal, or mechanical damaging of tumor using plasmonic nanobubbles513US 10,471,159 B1Masimo Corporation · 2019
- Optoacoustic imaging for medical diagnosis364US 5,840,023 A1998
- Optoacoustic monitoring of blood oxygenation288US 6,498,942 B1The University of Texas System · 2002
- Multiplex sensor and method of use284US 6,070,093 AAbbott Laboratories · 2000