A61B 5/316
Modalities, i.e. specific diagnostic methods
A61B5/316 (Modalities, i.e. specific diagnostic methods) appears on 15,696 US grants and 22,078 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 15,696
- Published applications
- 22,078
- Assignees
- 5,152
- Inventors
- 28,036
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2001 | 115 | 40 |
| 2002 | 153 | 218 |
| 2003 | 159 | 219 |
| 2004 | 136 | 296 |
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| 2020 | 948 | 1330 |
| 2021 | 1001 | 1468 |
| 2022 | 1024 | 1570 |
| 2023 | 1048 | 1521 |
| 2024 | 1036 | 1552 |
| 2025 | 1149 | 1407 |
| 2026 | 778 | 1035 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Biometric information measuring device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,633 B2Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
- Methods and devices for motion monitoring6 Oct 2026US 12,751,645 B2Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Treatment of an epilepsy-associated disorder6 Oct 2026US 12,751,660 B2Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen Medizinische Fakultaet
- System and method for calibrating electrooculography signals based on head movement6 Oct 2026US 12,751,661 B2Massacusetts Institute of Technology
- System and method for evoking a reflex to monitor the nerves of the larynx6 Oct 2026US 12,751,667 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Medical system configured to use source separation to identify patient parameters from signals received from multiple medical devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305942 A1Medtronic, 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.
- Physiological sensing and monitoring systems and methods of implementing the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306002 A1Modriven LLC
- Serious and critical event ecg triage and user interface8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306003 A1Preventice Solutions, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for computer-assisted monitoring of the body1,790US 5,050,612 A1991
- Physiological monitor and associated computation, display and communication unit1,769US 6,790,178 B1Healthetech, Inc. · 2004
- Apparatus and method for treating cardiac arrhythmias1,580US 5,391,199 ABiosense, Inc. · 1995
- Signal processing apparatus1,538US 6,081,735 AMasimo Corporation · 2000
- Medical positioning system1,446US 6,233,476 B1MediGuide Ltd. · 2001