A61B 5/0873
Using optical means
Official title: {using optical means}
A61B5/0873 (Using optical means) appears on 89 US grants and 151 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 89
- Published applications
- 151
- Assignees
- 87
- Inventors
- 260
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2022 | 3 | 12 |
| 2023 | 14 | 10 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 10 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems, devices, and methods for determining breath rate using an optical flow sensing22 Sep 2026US 12,740,721 B2STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Modular breath tracking and training system28 Apr 2026US 12,611,118 B1
- Method and apparatus for detecting and treating heart failure13 Jan 2026US 12,521,038 B2ResMed Pty Ltd
- Measurement cuvette and radiation sensor, which can be detachably connected only in a predefined relative orientation11 Nov 2025US 12,467,849 B2Hamilton Medical AG
- Smart valved holding chamber30 Sep 2025US 12,427,272 B2Trudell Medical International
- Positional obstructive sleep apnea detection system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215959 A1Oura Health Oy
- Non-Contact Diagnostic System For Respiratory Disease Prognosis Through Thermal-Depth Spatiotemporal Behavioral Modeling23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207075 A1The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
- Breath detection method, program, and sensor module2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182860 A1Panasonic Housing Solutions Co., Ltd.
- Breath sensor, breath sensing system, breath sensing method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151048 A1Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
- Virtual sensor system4 Jun 2026US 2026/0154718 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Specially configured nasal pulse oximeter/photoplethysmography probes, and combined nasal probe/cannula, selectively with sampler for capnography, and covering sleeves for same234US 7,024,235 B2Beta Biomed Services, Inc. · 2006
- Specially configured lip/cheek pulse oximeter/photoplethysmography probes, selectively with sampler for capnography, and covering sleeves for same232US 7,127,278 B2Beta Biomed Services, Inc. · 2006
- Non-invasive perfusion monitor and system, specially configured oximeter probes, methods of using same, and covers for probes158US 6,909,912 B2Beta Biomed, Inc. · 2005
- Method and apparatus for monitoring the breathing of a patient during magnetic resonance imaging42US 6,185,446 B22001
- Method for continuously measuring the CO.sub.2 content in breathing gases36US 4,011,859 ADragerwerk Aktiengesellschaft · 1977