A61B 5/1117
Fall detection
Official title: {Fall detection}
A61B5/1117 (Fall detection) appears on 1,028 US grants and 1,530 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,028
- Published applications
- 1,530
- Assignees
- 604
- Inventors
- 2,526
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 6 | 12 |
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| 2005 | 3 | 11 |
| 2006 | 12 | 21 |
| 2007 | 6 | 27 |
| 2008 | 10 | 23 |
| 2009 | 12 | 26 |
| 2010 | 15 | 48 |
| 2011 | 16 | 45 |
| 2012 | 29 | 57 |
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| 2019 | 79 | 102 |
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| 2021 | 73 | 130 |
| 2022 | 65 | 98 |
| 2023 | 80 | 99 |
| 2024 | 83 | 86 |
| 2025 | 63 | 69 |
| 2026 | 36 | 51 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Detecting falls using a mobile device29 Sep 2026US 12,749,386 B2Apple Inc.
- Radar-based movement sensors arranged in a domestic setting15 Sep 2026US 12,736,624 B2Plume Design, Inc.
- Wearable sensors for fall detection and prevention8 Sep 2026US 12,727,821 B2MatrixCare, Inc.
- Display of monitored patient position information1 Sep 2026US 12,721,566 B2Leaf Healthcare, Inc.
- Systems and methods for high resolution distance sensing and applications11 Aug 2026US 12,702,328 B2TransRobotics, Inc.
- A method and a device for calculating a probability of an actual fall event after detecting a suspected fall event8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305981 A1Signify Holding B. V.
- Electrocardiography patch8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306001 A1Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.
- Fall Risk Assessment for a User1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294278 A1Google Inc.
- Remote Monitoring of a Type of Arrhythmia1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294355 A1Lexi Devices, Inc.
- Voice communication device having locating and other advanced badge functionality1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294357 A1Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mesh network personal emergency response appliance694US 7,733,224 B22010
- Patient-worn wireless physiological sensor629US 10,226,187 B2Masimo Corporation · 2019
- Shoes employing monitoring devices, and associated methods566US 7,171,331 B2PhatRat Technology, Inc. · 2007
- Wireless patient monitoring systems and methods553US 10,383,527 B2Masimo Corporation · 2019
- Systems and methods for patient fall detection542US 10,448,844 B2Masimo Corporation · 2019