A61B 5/418
Lymph vessels, ducts or nodes
Official title: {lymph vessels, ducts or nodes}
A61B5/418 (Lymph vessels, ducts or nodes) appears on 588 US grants and 861 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 588
- Published applications
- 861
- Assignees
- 377
- Inventors
- 1,400
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 26 |
| 2003 | 13 | 20 |
| 2004 | 15 | 41 |
| 2005 | 19 | 30 |
| 2006 | 9 | 41 |
| 2007 | 11 | 41 |
| 2008 | 11 | 65 |
| 2009 | 20 | 92 |
| 2010 | 31 | 82 |
| 2011 | 25 | 46 |
| 2012 | 46 | 55 |
| 2013 | 48 | 32 |
| 2014 | 40 | 37 |
| 2015 | 40 | 43 |
| 2016 | 31 | 22 |
| 2017 | 20 | 22 |
| 2018 | 22 | 35 |
| 2019 | 22 | 28 |
| 2020 | 21 | 23 |
| 2021 | 19 | 16 |
| 2022 | 18 | 16 |
| 2023 | 17 | 18 |
| 2024 | 12 | 16 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 12 | 8 |
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
- Lymphatic diagnostic device28 Apr 2026US 12,611,137 B2Koya Medical, Inc.
- Medical apparatus and method for operating medical apparatus21 Apr 2026US 12,605,055 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Systems and methods for single-sensor visible-light and swir imaging10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262943 A1Cision Vision, Inc.
- Combined fluorescence and laser speckle contrast imaging system and applications of same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262995 A1Vanderbiltuniversity
- Systems and methods for treatment of fluid overload16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199647 A1White Swell Medical Ltd
- Lymphatic system examination device2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182942 A1Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Implantable device-based peripheral edema status monitoring28 May 2026US 2026/0144451 A1Medtronic, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Vasculature and lymphatic system imaging and ablation associated with a reservoir1,082US 8,285,367 B2The Invention Science Fund I, LLC · 2012
- Method and kit for supplying a fluid to a subcutaneous placement site1,011US 6,254,586 B1MiniMed Inc. · 2001