A61B 5/064
Using markers
Official title: {using markers (A61B5/062 takes precedence)}
A61B5/064 (Using markers) appears on 751 US grants and 1,071 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 751
- Published applications
- 1,071
- Assignees
- 367
- Inventors
- 1,598
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Method of employing a medical apparatus with translatable imaging device for real-time confirmation of interception of target tissue24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283593 A1Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.
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