A61B 5/01
Measuring temperature of body parts
Official title: Measuring temperature of body parts {; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue} (clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20)
A61B5/01 (Measuring temperature of body parts) appears on 6,630 US grants and 10,725 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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| 2025 | 522 | 599 |
| 2026 | 314 | 346 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Recent patents
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- Managing server, managing method and computer program for operating biometric information-based access management system6 Oct 2026US 12,755,592 B2
- Device, system, and method for determining patient body temperature29 Sep 2026US 12,745,912 B2Vital Connect, Inc.
- System and method for evaluating vascular health condition of a person using thermal imaging29 Sep 2026US 12,745,913 B2Aarca Research Inc.
- Predicting probability of developing preeclampsia8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305957 A180 Beats Medical GmbH
- Functional device, guiding catheter, biological interface system, and method for indwelling functional device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305966 A1The University of Osaka
- Electrocardiography patch8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306001 A1Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.
- Devices, apparatuses, systems, and methods for measuring temperature of an abtt terminus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294253 A1Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp.
- Aneurysm modeling, risk prediction, and visualization1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301342 A1University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
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