A61B 5/024
Measuring pulse rate or heart rate
A61B5/024 (Measuring pulse rate or heart rate) appears on 13,822 US grants and 21,649 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 13,822
- Published applications
- 21,649
- Assignees
- 5,044
- Inventors
- 29,037
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2021 | 1118 | 1641 |
| 2022 | 1121 | 1474 |
| 2023 | 1063 | 1490 |
| 2024 | 1063 | 1367 |
| 2025 | 1042 | 1224 |
| 2026 | 636 | 823 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 5/02416Using photoplethysmograph signals4,578
- A61B 5/02438With portable devices3,640
- A61B 5/02405Determining heart rate variability2,227
- A61B 5/0245By using sensing means generating electric signals, i.e. ecg signals2,210
- A61B 5/02444Details of sensor653
- A61B 5/02411Of foetuses248
- A61B 5/0255Recording instruments specially adapted therefor191
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Physiological monitor and associated computation, display and communication unit1,769US 6,790,178 B1Healthetech, Inc. · 2004
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