A61B 5/204
Determining bladder volume
Official title: {Determining bladder volume}
A61B5/204 (Determining bladder volume) appears on 125 US grants and 191 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 125
- Published applications
- 191
- Assignees
- 99
- Inventors
- 349
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 10 |
| 2004 | 2 | 7 |
| 2005 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 6 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 10 |
| 2008 | 2 | 10 |
| 2009 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 | 8 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 8 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 2 | 12 |
| 2018 | 2 | 13 |
| 2019 | 7 | 19 |
| 2020 | 9 | 15 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8 |
| 2023 | 9 | 15 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026 | 6 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- 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
- Uroflowmeter30 Jun 2026US 12,667,291 B2Cleartrac Technologies, LLC
- Neurostimulation response and control26 May 2026US 12,636,493 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Self-learning and non-invasive bladder monitoring systems and methods28 Apr 2026US 12,611,130 B2C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Self-Learning and Non-Invasive Bladder Monitoring Systems and Methods10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262984 A1C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for incontinence control2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183544 A1Amber Therapeutics Holdings Limited
- Device for determining bladder filling level of the urinary bladder of a user in a non-invasive manner and method therefore4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151066 A1
- Urinary catheter systems and methods5 Mar 2026US 2026/0061160 A1Augment Health, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for incontinence control22 Jan 2026US 2026/0021298 A1Amber Therapeutics Holdings Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Pelvic disorder treatment device123US 7,613,516 B2AMS Research Corporation · 2009
- Intravesicular device110US 6,398,718 B1INNOVENTIONS, Inc. · 2002
- System and method for assessing urinary function96US 6,997,884 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2006