A61B 5/388
Nerve conduction study
Official title: Nerve conduction study, e.g. detecting action potential of peripheral nerves
A61B5/388 (Nerve conduction study) appears on 608 US grants and 940 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 608
- Published applications
- 940
- Assignees
- 355
- Inventors
- 1,386
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for evoking a reflex to monitor the nerves of the larynx6 Oct 2026US 12,751,667 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Medical systems and methods for detecting changes in electrophysiological evoked potentials29 Sep 2026US 12,745,948 B2SafeOp Surgical, Inc.
- Peripheral nerve electrode array15 Sep 2026US 12,734,354 B2The Bionics Institute of Australia
- Anatomical/physiological event apparatus and method of treating an approaching15 Sep 2026US 12,734,358 B2
- Monitoring diaphragmatic response to phrenic nerve stimulation8 Sep 2026US 12,727,811 B2Circle Safe
- Electrocochleography-based classification8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306009 A1The University of Melbourne
- System and method for modeling neurological activity1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294322 A1Surgical Theater, Inc.
- Feedback control of electrical stimulation therapy based on electric field imaging24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284406 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- Systems and methods for detecting evoked compound action potential (ecap) and/or stimulation artifact features in response to neurostimulation17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272365 A1Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
- Devices and methods for stimulating neural tissue17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273284 A1Saluda Medical Pty Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for nerve conduction measurements with automatic setting of stimulus intensity462US 6,266,558 B1NeuroMetrix, Inc. · 2001
- System and methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments339US 7,522,953 B2NuVasive, Inc. · 2009
- Method and apparatus for detecting a state of imminent cardiac arrhythmia in response to a nerve signal from the autonomic nerve system to the heart, and for administrating anti-arrhythmia therapy in response thereto327US 5,658,318 APacesetter, Inc. · 1997
- Nerve surveillance cannulae systems315US 7,079,883 B2NuVaslve, Inc. · 2006
- Surgical access system and related methods264US 7,905,840 B2NuVasive, Inc. · 2011