A61B 5/279
Specially adapted for particular uses
Official title: specially adapted for particular uses
A61B5/279 (Specially adapted for particular uses) appears on 8,288 US grants and 11,302 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 8,288
- Published applications
- 11,302
- Assignees
- 2,838
- Inventors
- 14,928
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 23 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 13 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 |
| 1985 | 18 | 0 |
| 1986 | 21 | 0 |
| 1987 | 37 | 0 |
| 1988 | 16 | 0 |
| 1989 | 25 | 0 |
| 1990 | 42 | 0 |
| 1991 | 34 | 0 |
| 1992 | 36 | 0 |
| 1993 | 44 | 0 |
| 1994 | 59 | 0 |
| 1995 | 64 | 0 |
| 1996 | 56 | 0 |
| 1997 | 56 | 0 |
| 1998 | 84 | 0 |
| 1999 | 75 | 0 |
| 2000 | 93 | 0 |
| 2001 | 84 | 23 |
| 2002 | 70 | 91 |
| 2003 | 80 | 105 |
| 2004 | 63 | 119 |
| 2005 | 71 | 133 |
| 2006 | 63 | 137 |
| 2007 | 68 | 170 |
| 2008 | 46 | 187 |
| 2009 | 61 | 235 |
| 2010 | 98 | 241 |
| 2011 | 125 | 231 |
| 2012 | 194 | 303 |
| 2013 | 270 | 364 |
| 2014 | 333 | 488 |
| 2015 | 308 | 519 |
| 2016 | 368 | 608 |
| 2017 | 395 | 668 |
| 2018 | 381 | 691 |
| 2019 | 543 | 787 |
| 2020 | 536 | 735 |
| 2021 | 575 | 803 |
| 2022 | 558 | 819 |
| 2023 | 571 | 765 |
| 2024 | 555 | 790 |
| 2025 | 586 | 711 |
| 2026 | 407 | 579 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Electrode device for amplitude-integrated electroencephalography6 Oct 2026US 12,751,657 B2Institut D'Investigació SanitàRia Pere Virgili
- Skin-preparation-free, stretchable microneedle adhesive patches for highly reliable electrophysiological monitoring6 Oct 2026US 12,751,658 B2Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- Method and system for identifying disconnected catheter electrode6 Oct 2026US 12,751,659 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- System and method for evoking a reflex to monitor the nerves of the larynx6 Oct 2026US 12,751,667 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Electrode catheter6 Oct 2026US 12,751,669 B2Inter Nova Inc
- System for Obtaining Diagnostic Data Indicative of a Cardiac Condition of a Patient8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305956 A1Biotronik SE & Co.KG
- Electrocardiography patch8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306001 A1Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.
- Mapping and navigation system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306006 A1Enchannel Medical, Ltd.
- Systems and Methods For Determining Neurological Condition Based On Surface Biopotentials8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306028 A1Pison Technology, Inc.
- Adaptive user verification of acute health events8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306032 A1Medtronic, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ablation catheter positioning system1,928US 5,341,807 AAmerican Cardiac Ablation Co., Inc. · 1994
- Robotic catheter system1,662US 7,972,298 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2011
- Systems and methods for conducting electrophysiological testing using high-voltage energy pulses to stun tissue1,468US 6,679,269 B2SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2004
- System for determining the location and orientation of an invasive medical instrument1,444US 6,690,963 B2Biosense, Inc. · 2004
- Medical procedures and apparatus using intrabody probes1,425US 6,332,089 B1Biosense, Inc. · 2001