A61B 5/415
The glands
Official title: {the glands, e.g. tonsils, adenoids or thymus}
A61B5/415 (The glands) appears on 584 US grants and 828 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 584
- Published applications
- 828
- Assignees
- 352
- Inventors
- 1,275
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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| 2002 | 7 | 26 |
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| 2004 | 19 | 52 |
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| 2006 | 10 | 46 |
| 2007 | 17 | 43 |
| 2008 | 14 | 69 |
| 2009 | 25 | 101 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Device and method for in vivo flow cytometry using the detection of photoacoustic waves23 Jun 2026US 12,661,013 B2BioVentures, LLC
- Magnetic probe apparatus23 Jun 2026US 12,663,487 B2Endomagnetics Ltd
- Device and method for in vivo detection of clots within circulatory vessels2 Jun 2026US 12,642,589 B2BioVentures, LLC
- Combined fluorescence and laser speckle contrast imaging system and applications of same30 Dec 2025US 12,507,944 B2Vanderbilt University
- Localization of the parathyroid9 Dec 2025US 12,490,931 B2
- Combined fluorescence and laser speckle contrast imaging system and applications of same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262995 A1Vanderbiltuniversity
- Local positioning system28 May 2026US 2026/0144476 A1
- Systems and methods for lymph node and vessel imaging16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102109 A1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Methods of using optical fiber-based fluorescence spectroscopy for surgical guidance and/or tissue diagnostics and applications of same27 Nov 2025US 2025/0359758 A1Vanderbilt University
- Medical imaging device and method suitable for observing a plurality of spectral bands2 Oct 2025US 2025/0302307 A1Fluoptics
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for ablating interior sections of the tongue1,673US 5,800,379 ASommus Medical Technologies, Inc. · 1998
- Optimized sensor geometry for an implantable glucose sensor1,306US 7,134,999 B2DexCom, Inc. · 2006
- Methods and apparatus for forward-directed optical scanning instruments1,184US 6,485,413 B1The General Hospital Corporation · 2002
- Method for determining the biodistribution of substances using fluorescence spectroscopy1,088US 5,377,676 ACedars-Sinai Medical Center · 1995
- Method and kit for supplying a fluid to a subcutaneous placement site1,011US 6,254,586 B1MiniMed Inc. · 2001