A61B 5/1106
To assess neuromuscular blockade
Official title: {to assess neuromuscular blockade, e.g. to estimate depth of anaesthesia}
A61B5/1106 (To assess neuromuscular blockade) appears on 208 US grants and 180 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 208
- Published applications
- 180
- Assignees
- 119
- Inventors
- 349
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 8 | 16 |
| 2003 | 5 | 8 |
| 2004 | 10 | 5 |
| 2005 | 3 | 18 |
| 2006 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 7 |
| 2009 | 4 | 9 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9 |
| 2014 | 7 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 | 8 |
| 2016 | 4 | 13 |
| 2017 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 7 | 12 |
| 2019 | 8 | 5 |
| 2020 | 5 | 6 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11 |
| 2022 | 3 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Wireless neuromuscular sensing device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,784 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Closed-loop drug infusion system with synergic control26 May 2026US 12,635,940 B2Del Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor Y
- Method and system for monitoring depth of muscle relaxation of a patient12 May 2026US 12,622,603 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Smart platform for stress reduction and sleep promotion17 Mar 2026US 12,576,237 B2Sleep Solutions Inc.
- Adjusting an operational characteristic of one or more neuromuscular-signal sensors to maintain desired impedances, and systems, wearable devices, and methods of use thereof6 Jan 2026US 12,514,500 B2Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Method and system for selective tetanic stimulus in patient monitoring18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165644 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Systems and/or methods for assessing neuromuscular block status without stimulation19 Feb 2026US 2026/0047777 A1BLOCKsynop, Inc.
- Method, apparatus and computer program product for generating a quantitative neuromuscular blockade assessment using computer vision20 Nov 2025US 2025/0352132 A1University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
- Controlled sympathectomy and micro-ablation systems and methods30 Oct 2025US 2025/0331731 A1Autonomix Medical, Inc.
- Anesthesia monitoring system9 Jan 2025US 2025/0009292 A1Ichilov Tech Ltd.
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