A61B 5/202
Assessing bladder functions
Official title: {Assessing bladder functions, e.g. incontinence assessment}
A61B5/202 (Assessing bladder functions) appears on 563 US grants and 811 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 563
- Published applications
- 811
- Assignees
- 390
- Inventors
- 1,367
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 3 |
| 2002 | 10 | 11 |
| 2003 | 7 | 16 |
| 2004 | 10 | 18 |
| 2005 | 6 | 20 |
| 2006 | 11 | 24 |
| 2007 | 3 | 21 |
| 2008 | 9 | 19 |
| 2009 | 8 | 16 |
| 2010 | 10 | 26 |
| 2011 | 15 | 18 |
| 2012 | 19 | 24 |
| 2013 | 13 | 27 |
| 2014 | 21 | 29 |
| 2015 | 18 | 25 |
| 2016 | 16 | 41 |
| 2017 | 26 | 50 |
| 2018 | 17 | 48 |
| 2019 | 37 | 69 |
| 2020 | 44 | 62 |
| 2021 | 40 | 46 |
| 2022 | 36 | 56 |
| 2023 | 37 | 49 |
| 2024 | 37 | 32 |
| 2025 | 34 | 33 |
| 2026 | 22 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for draining bodily fluids8 Sep 2026US 12,727,804 B2Potrero Medical, Inc.
- Method and system for predicting bladder urine volume1 Sep 2026US 12,721,561 B2Medithings Co., Ltd.
- Monitoring and treatment of injuries using wearable devices25 Aug 2026US 12,714,364 B2The Johns Hopkins University
- Catheter for monitoring pressure18 Aug 2026US 12,708,302 B2Sentinel Medical Technologies, LLC
- Systems, devices and methods for draining and analyzing bodily fluids4 Aug 2026US 12,697,466 B2Potrero Medical, Inc.
- Real-time bladder sensing system through bio-implantable sensor element8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306026 A1Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- Self-Learning and Non-Invasive Bladder Monitoring Systems and Methods10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262984 A1C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for diagnosis and treatment of overactive bladder6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224158 A1Autonomix Medical, Inc.
- Ultrasonic stimulation systems and methods6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224919 A1Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
- Implant30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215735 A1Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for nerve stimulation1,040US 7,979,137 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2011
- Endopelvic fascia treatment for incontinence419US 6,292,700 B1SURx, Inc. · 2001
- Health-related signaling via wearable items364US 8,094,009 B2The Invention Science Fund I, LLC · 2012
- Rapidly quantifying the relative distention of a human bladder323US 4,852,578 AThe United State of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1989
- Pelvic disorder treatment device220US 6,862,480 B2Biocontrol Medical Ltd. · 2005