A61B 5/0215
By means inserted into the body
Official title: by means inserted into the body
A61B5/0215 (By means inserted into the body) appears on 2,822 US grants and 3,617 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,822
- Published applications
- 3,617
- Assignees
- 1,020
- Inventors
- 4,846
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 15 | 0 |
| 1986 | 20 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 22 | 0 |
| 1989 | 28 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 29 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 18 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 17 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 29 | 0 |
| 1999 | 24 | 0 |
| 2000 | 33 | 0 |
| 2001 | 35 | 7 |
| 2002 | 35 | 60 |
| 2003 | 38 | 62 |
| 2004 | 39 | 70 |
| 2005 | 35 | 90 |
| 2006 | 46 | 98 |
| 2007 | 51 | 127 |
| 2008 | 48 | 111 |
| 2009 | 49 | 114 |
| 2010 | 64 | 154 |
| 2011 | 95 | 111 |
| 2012 | 110 | 131 |
| 2013 | 124 | 166 |
| 2014 | 104 | 211 |
| 2015 | 110 | 180 |
| 2016 | 95 | 183 |
| 2017 | 131 | 171 |
| 2018 | 111 | 185 |
| 2019 | 164 | 212 |
| 2020 | 138 | 199 |
| 2021 | 147 | 200 |
| 2022 | 166 | 190 |
| 2023 | 148 | 168 |
| 2024 | 130 | 151 |
| 2025 | 129 | 160 |
| 2026 | 67 | 106 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Intravascular pressure and flow data diagnostic systems, devices, and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,638 B2St. Jude Medical Coordination Center Bvba
- Non-invasive blood pressure measurement devices, systems and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,687 B2Stryker Corporation
- Vascular graft system and a method of processing an arterial pressure pulse trace29 Sep 2026US 12,745,961 B2City University of Hong Kong
- Shunt implant devices with over-channel sensor arms22 Sep 2026US 12,740,717 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Wireless heart pressure sensor system and method8 Sep 2026US 12,727,771 B2W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Implantable pressure sensor system for measurement and wireless transmission of internal pressures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305953 A1Qura, Inc.
- System and method for measuring characteristics of coronary arterial system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305961 A1Stallion Cardio, LLC
- A medical system configured to determine health condition status based on blood pressure changes detected by implantable optical sensor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305962 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- Adaptive therapeutic instruction8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306017 A1Biotronik SE & Co.KG
- Non-invasive central venous pressure monitoring device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294257 A1Hadasit Medical Research Services and Development Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for calibrating a surgical instrument2,277US 7,803,151 B2Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2010
- Dispensing catheter and method1,832US 4,900,303 A1990
- Device and method to measure and communicate body parameters1,630US 6,731,976 B2Medtronic, Inc. · 2004
- Signal processing apparatus1,538US 6,081,735 AMasimo Corporation · 2000
- System for determining the location and orientation of an invasive medical instrument1,444US 6,690,963 B2Biosense, Inc. · 2004