A61B 5/11
Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof
Official title: Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb {(A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721)}
A61B5/11 (Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof) appears on 17,580 US grants and 27,070 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 17,580
- Published applications
- 27,070
- Assignees
- 6,998
- Inventors
- 38,852
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 21 | 0 |
| 1977 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 20 | 0 |
| 1982 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | 18 | 0 |
| 1984 | 19 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 19 | 0 |
| 1987 | 22 | 0 |
| 1988 | 22 | 0 |
| 1989 | 48 | 0 |
| 1990 | 35 | 0 |
| 1991 | 32 | 0 |
| 1992 | 43 | 0 |
| 1993 | 35 | 0 |
| 1994 | 33 | 0 |
| 1995 | 33 | 0 |
| 1996 | 42 | 0 |
| 1997 | 36 | 0 |
| 1998 | 77 | 0 |
| 1999 | 63 | 0 |
| 2000 | 105 | 0 |
| 2001 | 71 | 38 |
| 2002 | 103 | 141 |
| 2003 | 106 | 141 |
| 2004 | 91 | 209 |
| 2005 | 79 | 265 |
| 2006 | 100 | 314 |
| 2007 | 112 | 346 |
| 2008 | 138 | 422 |
| 2009 | 157 | 444 |
| 2010 | 218 | 613 |
| 2011 | 286 | 594 |
| 2012 | 379 | 668 |
| 2013 | 464 | 797 |
| 2014 | 639 | 1369 |
| 2015 | 612 | 1403 |
| 2016 | 768 | 1736 |
| 2017 | 1000 | 1931 |
| 2018 | 1039 | 1801 |
| 2019 | 1550 | 1942 |
| 2020 | 1464 | 1955 |
| 2021 | 1415 | 2035 |
| 2022 | 1309 | 1895 |
| 2023 | 1344 | 1879 |
| 2024 | 1253 | 1709 |
| 2025 | 1332 | 1487 |
| 2026 | 746 | 936 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 5/1118Determining activity level4,349
- A61B 5/1116Determining posture transitions2,943
- A61B 5/1126Using a particular sensing technique2,812
- A61B 5/1113Local tracking of patients2,742
- A61B 5/113Occurring during breathing2,038
- A61B 5/1112Global tracking of patients1,893
- A61B 5/1121Determining geometric values1,657
- A61B 5/112Gait analysis1,433
All 16 subgroupsShow fewer
- A61B 5/1123Discriminating type of movement1,414
- A61B 5/1107Measuring contraction of parts of the body864
- A61B 5/1102Ballistocardiography684
- A61B 5/1124Determining motor skills663
- A61B 5/1104Induced by stimuli or drugs455
- A61B 5/1101Detecting tremor348
- A61B 5/1103Detecting muscular movement of the eye333
- A61B 5/1111Detecting tooth mobility71
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